Version: unspecified (using KDE 4.5.85) OS: Linux In KMail 1.x there was possibility to exclude folder from checking. I with KMail 2.x had it too. Reproducible: Didn't try
It's right we can't. Will look at if it's possible to readd it
this is absolutely essential. If you have gmail account with lots of e-mails and labels, usually many of the messages have several different labels, which means they are in several different folders, plus the "All" folder - syncing all folders in such a case doesn't make sense.
In 4.8.0 the possibility is there.
How to do it?
rmb on the account name. In recent versions there is "server side subscriptions" and "manage local subscriptions" (like in kmail1)
But unsubscribing a folder means it will be hidden from the list and inaccessible. The point is to just have an option to exclude a folder from checking when you perform "Check mail" or "Check mail in [account]". It would be also nice to have defaults for this setting (see my bug 310247). Please re-open.