diff --git a/emailadmin/inc/class.emailadmin_imap.inc.php b/emailadmin/inc/class.emailadmin_imap.inc.php
index c1b813c312..9db68d5db2 100644
--- a/emailadmin/inc/class.emailadmin_imap.inc.php
+++ b/emailadmin/inc/class.emailadmin_imap.inc.php
@@ -458,6 +458,29 @@ class emailadmin_imap extends Horde_Imap_Client_Socket implements defaultimap
 		return $suF;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * getMailboxCounters
+	 *
+	 * @param array/string $mailbox
+	 * @return array with counters
+	 */
+	function getMailboxCounters($mailbox)
+	{
+		try
+		{
+			$status = $this->status($mailbox);
+			foreach ($status as $key => $v)
+			{
+				$_status[strtoupper($key)]=$v;
+			}
+			return $_status;
+		}
+		catch (Exception $e)
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * getStatus
 	 *
diff --git a/emailadmin/inc/class.emailadmin_imapbase.inc.php b/emailadmin/inc/class.emailadmin_imapbase.inc.php
index 3b3299815e..4ad544e7cd 100644
--- a/emailadmin/inc/class.emailadmin_imapbase.inc.php
+++ b/emailadmin/inc/class.emailadmin_imapbase.inc.php
@@ -1106,10 +1106,10 @@ class emailadmin_imapbase
 	 * @param _folderName string the foldername
 	 * @param ignoreStatusCache bool ignore the cache used for counters
 	 * @param basicInfoOnly bool retrieve only names and stuff returned by getMailboxes
-	 *
+	 * @param fetchSubscribedInfo bool fetch Subscribed Info on folder
 	 * @return array
 	 */
-	function getFolderStatus($_folderName,$ignoreStatusCache=false,$basicInfoOnly=false)
+	function getFolderStatus($_folderName,$ignoreStatusCache=false,$basicInfoOnly=false,$fetchSubscribedInfo=true)
 	{
 		if (self::$debug) error_log(__METHOD__.' ('.__LINE__.') '." called with:$_folderName,$ignoreStatusCache,$basicInfoOnly");
 		if (!is_string($_folderName) || empty($_folderName)) // something is wrong. Do not proceed
@@ -1196,8 +1196,13 @@ class emailadmin_imapbase
 			return $retValue;
 		}
 		// fetch all in one go for one request, instead of querying them one by one
+		// cache it for a minute 60*60*1
 		// this should reduce communication to the imap server
 		static $subscribedFolders;
+		if ($fetchSubscribedInfo && is_null($subscribedFolders)||empty($subscribedFolders[$this->profileID]))
+		{
+			$subscribedFolders = egw_cache::getCache(egw_cache::INSTANCE,'email','subscribedFolders'.trim($GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['account_id']),null,array(),$expiration=60*60*1);
+		}
 		static $nameSpace;
 		static $prefix;
 		if (is_null($nameSpace) || empty($nameSpace[$this->profileID])) $nameSpace[$this->profileID] = $this->_getNameSpaces();
@@ -1212,16 +1217,20 @@ class emailadmin_imapbase
 		}
 		if (is_null($prefix) || empty($prefix[$this->profileID]) || empty($prefix[$this->profileID][$_folderName])) $prefix[$this->profileID][$_folderName] = $this->getFolderPrefixFromNamespace($nameSpace[$this->profileID], $_folderName);
 
-		//$subscribedFolders[$this->profileID] = $this->icServer->listSubscribedMailboxes('', $_folderName);
-		if (is_null($subscribedFolders) || empty($subscribedFolders[$this->profileID])) $subscribedFolders[$this->profileID] = $this->icServer->listSubscribedMailboxes();
+		if ($fetchSubscribedInfo && is_null($subscribedFolders) || empty($subscribedFolders[$this->profileID]))
+		{
+			$subscribedFolders[$this->profileID] = $this->icServer->listSubscribedMailboxes();
+			egw_cache::setCache(egw_cache::INSTANCE,'email','subscribedFolders'.trim($GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['account_id']),$subscribedFolders,$expiration=60*60*1);
+		}
 
-		if(is_array($subscribedFolders[$this->profileID]) && in_array($_folderName,$subscribedFolders[$this->profileID])) {
+		if($fetchSubscribedInfo && is_array($subscribedFolders[$this->profileID]) && in_array($_folderName,$subscribedFolders[$this->profileID])) {
 			$retValue['subscribed'] = true;
 		}
 
 		try
 		{
-			$folderStatus = $this->_getStatus($_folderName,$ignoreStatusCache);
+			//$folderStatus = $this->_getStatus($_folderName,$ignoreStatusCache);
+			$folderStatus = $this->getMailBoxCounters($_folderName,false);
 			$retValue['messages']		= $folderStatus['MESSAGES'];
 			$retValue['recent']		= $folderStatus['RECENT'];
 			$retValue['uidnext']		= $folderStatus['UIDNEXT'];
@@ -2180,6 +2189,14 @@ class emailadmin_imapbase
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * subscribe: do the subscription or unsubscribe on a given folder
+	 * returns a boolean on success or failure.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $_folderName
+	 * @param boolean $_status subscribe on true, unsubscribe on false
+	 * @return boolean
+	 */
 	function subscribe($_folderName, $_status)
 	{
 		if (self::$debug) error_log(__METHOD__."::".($_status?"":"un")."subscribe:".$_folderName);
@@ -2280,7 +2297,7 @@ class emailadmin_imapbase
 		$inboxData->shortDisplayName	= lang('INBOX');
 		$inboxData->subscribed = true;
 		if($_getCounters == true) {
-			$inboxData->counter = self::getMailBoxCounters('INBOX');
+			$inboxData->counter = $this->getMailBoxCounters('INBOX');
 		}
 		// force unsubscribed by preference showAllFoldersInFolderPane
 		if ($_subscribedOnly == true &&
@@ -2335,6 +2352,7 @@ class emailadmin_imapbase
 							foreach ($subscribedMailboxes as $k => $finfo)
 							{
 								//error_log(__METHOD__.__LINE__.$k.':#:'.array2string($finfo));
+								$subscribedFoldersForCache[$this->icServer->ImapServerId][$k]=
 								$folderBasicInfo[$this->icServer->ImapServerId][$k]=array(
 									'MAILBOX'=>$finfo['MAILBOX'],
 									'ATTRIBUTES'=>$finfo['ATTRIBUTES'],
@@ -2446,6 +2464,10 @@ class emailadmin_imapbase
 								'delimiter'=>$mbx['delimiter'],//lowercase for some reason???
 								'SUBSCRIBED'=>$mbx['SUBSCRIBED'],//seeded by getMailboxes
 							);
+							if ($mbx['SUBSCRIBED'] && !isset($subscribedFoldersForCache[$this->icServer->ImapServerId][$mbx['MAILBOX']]))
+							{
+								$subscribedFoldersForCache[$this->icServer->ImapServerId][$mbx['MAILBOX']] = $folderBasicInfo[$this->icServer->ImapServerId][$mbx['MAILBOX']];
+							}
 						}
 						if ($mbx['SUBSCRIBED'] && (empty($foldersNameSpace[$type]['subscribed']) || !in_array($mbx['MAILBOX'],$foldersNameSpace[$type]['subscribed'])))
 						{
@@ -2589,6 +2611,8 @@ class emailadmin_imapbase
 			}
 */
 		}
+		//subscribed folders may be used in getFolderStatus
+		egw_cache::setCache(egw_cache::INSTANCE,'email','subscribedFolders'.trim($GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['account_id']),$subscribedFoldersForCache,$expiration=60*60*1);
 		//echo "<br>FolderNameSpace To Process:";_debug_array($foldersNameSpace);
 		$autoFolderObjects = array();
 		foreach( array('personal', 'others', 'shared') as $type) {
@@ -2726,14 +2750,15 @@ class emailadmin_imapbase
 	 *
 	 * function to retrieve the counters for a given folder
 	 * @param string $folderName
-	 * @return mixed false or array of counters array(MESSAGES,UNSEEN,RECENT,UIDNEXT,UIDVALIDITY)
+	 * @param boolean $_returnObject return the counters as object rather than an array
+	 * @return mixed false or array of counters array(MESSAGES,UNSEEN,RECENT,UIDNEXT,UIDVALIDITY) or object
 	 */
-	function getMailBoxCounters($folderName)
+	function getMailBoxCounters($folderName,$_returnObject=true)
 	{
 		try
 		{
-			$folderStatus = $this->_getStatus($folderName);
-			//error_log(__METHOD__.' ('.__LINE__.') '." FolderStatus:".array2string($folderStatus));
+			$folderStatus = $this->icServer->getMailboxCounters($folderName);
+			//error_log(__METHOD__.' ('.__LINE__.') '.$folderName.": FolderStatus:".array2string($folderStatus).function_backtrace());
 		}
 		catch (Exception $e)
 		{
@@ -2741,6 +2766,7 @@ class emailadmin_imapbase
 			return false;
 		}
 		if(is_array($folderStatus)) {
+			if ($_returnObject===false) return $folderStatus;
 			$status =  new stdClass;
 			$status->messages   = $folderStatus['MESSAGES'];
 			$status->unseen     = $folderStatus['UNSEEN'];
diff --git a/mail/inc/class.mail_ui.inc.php b/mail/inc/class.mail_ui.inc.php
index fb22138d9f..dfb4a080fb 100644
--- a/mail/inc/class.mail_ui.inc.php
+++ b/mail/inc/class.mail_ui.inc.php
@@ -873,8 +873,10 @@ class mail_ui
 				if ($levelCt>$cmblevelsCt+1) $fetchCounters=false;
 			}
 			//error_log(__METHOD__.__LINE__.' fc:'.$fetchCounters.'/'.$_fetchCounters.'('.$levelCt.'/'.$cmblevelsCt.')'.' for:'.array2string($key));
-			$fS = $this->mail_bo->getFolderStatus($key,false,($fetchCounters?false:true));
-			//error_log(__METHOD__.__LINE__.array2string($fS));
+			$fS = $this->mail_bo->getFolderStatus($key,false,($fetchCounters?false:true),false);
+			//error_log(__METHOD__.__LINE__.'Object:'.array2string($obj));
+			//error_log(__METHOD__.__LINE__.'Status:'.array2string($fS));
+			//error_log(__METHOD__.__LINE__."-------------------------");
 			$fFP = $folderParts = explode($obj->delimiter, $key);
 			if (in_array($key,$userDefinedFunctionFolders)) $obj->shortDisplayName = lang($obj->shortDisplayName);
 			//get rightmost folderpart
@@ -3321,7 +3323,7 @@ class mail_ui
 					if ($profileID != $this->mail_bo->profileID) continue; // only current connection
 					if ($folderName)
 					{
-						$fS = $this->mail_bo->getFolderStatus($folderName,false);
+						$fS = $this->mail_bo->getFolderStatus($folderName,false,false,false);
 						if (in_array($fS['shortDisplayName'],mail_bo::$autoFolders)) $fS['shortDisplayName']=lang($fS['shortDisplayName']);
 						//error_log(__METHOD__.__LINE__.array2string($fS));
 						if ($fS['unseen'])
@@ -3563,7 +3565,7 @@ class mail_ui
 		if (!empty($folderName))
 		{
 			$parentFolder=(!empty($folderName)?$folderName:'INBOX');
-			$folderInfo = $this->mail_bo->getFolderStatus($parentFolder,false);
+			$folderInfo = $this->mail_bo->getFolderStatus($parentFolder,false,false,false);
 			if ($folderInfo['unseen'])
 			{
 				$folderInfo['shortDisplayName'] = $folderInfo['shortDisplayName'].' ('.$folderInfo['unseen'].')';
@@ -3627,7 +3629,7 @@ class mail_ui
 					strpos($parentFolder,$folderName)===false)))) // indicates that we move the older up the tree within its own branch
 				{
 					//error_log(__METHOD__.__LINE__."$folderName, $parentFolder, $_newName");
-					$oldFolderInfo = $this->mail_bo->getFolderStatus($folderName,false);
+					$oldFolderInfo = $this->mail_bo->getFolderStatus($folderName,false,false,false);
 					//error_log(__METHOD__.__LINE__.array2string($oldFolderInfo));
 					if (!empty($oldFolderInfo['attributes']) && stripos(array2string($oldFolderInfo['attributes']),'\hasnochildren')=== false)
 					{
@@ -3672,7 +3674,7 @@ class mail_ui
 						$msg = $e->getMessage();
 					}
 					$this->mail_bo->reopen($parentFolder);
-					$this->mail_bo->getFolderStatus($parentFolder,false);
+					$this->mail_bo->getFolderStatus($parentFolder,false,false,false);
 					//error_log(__METHOD__.__LINE__.array2string($fS));
 					if ($hasChildren)
 					{
@@ -3704,8 +3706,8 @@ class mail_ui
 			{
 				translation::add_app('mail');
 
-				$oldFolderInfo = $this->mail_bo->getFolderStatus($oldParentFolder,false);
-				$folderInfo = $this->mail_bo->getFolderStatus($parentFolder,false);
+				$oldFolderInfo = $this->mail_bo->getFolderStatus($oldParentFolder,false,false,false);
+				$folderInfo = $this->mail_bo->getFolderStatus($parentFolder,false,false,false);
 				$refreshData = array(
 					$profileID.self::$delimiter.$oldParentFolder=>$oldFolderInfo['shortDisplayName'],
 					$profileID.self::$delimiter.$parentFolder=>$folderInfo['shortDisplayName']);
@@ -3754,7 +3756,7 @@ class mail_ui
 					//error_log(__METHOD__.__LINE__."$folderName,  implode($del,$pA), $_newName");
 					$oA = array();
 					$subFolders = array();
-					$oldFolderInfo = $this->mail_bo->getFolderStatus($folderName,false);
+					$oldFolderInfo = $this->mail_bo->getFolderStatus($folderName,false,false,false);
 					//error_log(__METHOD__.__LINE__.array2string($oldFolderInfo));
 					if (!empty($oldFolderInfo['attributes']) && stripos(array2string($oldFolderInfo['attributes']),'\hasnochildren')=== false)
 					{
@@ -4013,7 +4015,7 @@ class mail_ui
 		}
 		if ($rememberServerID != $this->mail_bo->profileID)
 		{
-			$oldFolderInfo = $this->mail_bo->getFolderStatus($trashFolder,false);
+			$oldFolderInfo = $this->mail_bo->getFolderStatus($trashFolder,false,false,false);
 			$response = egw_json_response::get();
 			$response->call('egw.message',lang('empty trash'));
 			$response->call('app.mail.mail_reloadNode',array($icServerID.self::$delimiter.$trashFolder=>$oldFolderInfo['shortDisplayName']));