>I had a similar Problem with gmail and Thunderbird.
> I guess the gmail labels are not 100% compatible with IMAP.
> I just did what Gary recommended, I don't syncronize the "All mail" and "Spam" folders.
> It works fine with "normal" self created IMAP folders so.
>
>
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary[ at ]NoMail.invalid> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:OWgaEFkaJHA.1704[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> I'm no IMAP expert, but I have read that you can make that error go away
>> by doing the following:
>> Right-click on the [Gmail] folder, select 'Synchronization settings',
>> 'Don't synchronize'.
>>
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>>
>>
>> "Shachar2" <Shachar2[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1642A6BC-5B6F-4B73-ABF4-7AB20FFEF6EB[ at ]microsoft.com...
>>> gmail claims that:
>>> A. it works fine even with the error message
>>> B. it's a microsoft problem
>>>
>>> see
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=82361>>>
>>> "Sardini" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ok,
>>>> Trying to get WLM and GMAIL working with IMAP and getting the following error:
>>>>
>>>> Unable to send or receive messages for the Gmail (brtriggs) account. Header
>>>> download for the '[Gmail]' folder did not complete. Could not select
>>>> '[Gmail]' on the IMAP server. You might try refreshing your folder list to
>>>> synchronize with the IMAP server.
>>>>
>>>> Server Response: Unknown Mailbox: [Gmail] (Failure)
>>>> Server: 'imap.gmail.com'
>>>> Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x800CCCD2
>>>> Protocol: IMAP
>>>> Port: 993
>>>> Secure(SSL): Yes
>>
>>