[Dovecot] Outlook 2003 - Disappearing favorite folders

[Phillip T. George]

Phillip T. George wrote:
> Scott Silva wrote:
>> Phillip T. George spake the following on 6/14/2007 12:50 PM:
>>  
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I'm having an issue with Outlook 2003, where favorite folders seem to
>>> disappear.  Specifically, they are subfolders of the Inbox.  The Inbox
>>> favorite folder stays there without a problem.  Any clues as to what 
>>> the
>>> problem may be?  With the previous IMAP server (courier I believe) this
>>> wasn't a problem...so it leads me to believe that Dovecot might be the
>>> problem.  I'm working with Dovecot 1.0.rc28
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Phillip
>>>
>>>     
>> IMHO Outlook doesn't keep it's favorites folder on an imap server, it is
>> stored locally.
>>   
> Correct.  If I choose not to save the password, close Outlook, and 
> open it back up ... I can see the favorite folders links for the IMAP 
> subfolders.  After I put my password in, they disappear.
>
> -Phillip
>
Also, here's some info from Outlook's log.  I added the favorite folders 
and then closed Outlook.  The log below is what happened when I opened 
Outlook back up after that.

IMAP: 15:37:58 [db] Connecting to 'mail.domain.com' on port 143.
IMAP: 15:37:58 [db] OnNotify: asOld = 0, asNew = 2, ae = 0
IMAP: 15:37:58 [db] srv_name = "mail.domain.com" srv_addr = 11.22.33.44
IMAP: 15:37:58 [db] OnNotify: asOld = 2, asNew = 3, ae = 1
IMAP: 15:37:58 [db] OnNotify: asOld = 3, asNew = 4, ae = 0
IMAP: 15:37:58 [db] OnNotify: asOld = 4, asNew = 5, ae = 2
IMAP: 15:37:58 [db] OnNotify: asOld = 5, asNew = 5, ae = 4
IMAP: 15:37:58 [db] OnNotify: asOld = 5, asNew = 5, ae = 3
IMAP: 15:37:58 [rx] * OK Dovecot ready.
IMAP: 15:37:58 [tx] qr4i CAPABILITY
IMAP: 15:37:58 [db] OnNotify: asOld = 5, asNew = 5, ae = 3
IMAP: 15:37:58 [rx] * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR SORT 
THREAD=REFERENCES MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT LITERAL+ IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE 
LOGIN-REFERRALS STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN
IMAP: 15:37:58 [rx] qr4i OK Capability completed.
IMAP: 15:37:58 [tx] LOGIN command sent
IMAP: 15:37:58 [db] OnNotify: asOld = 5, asNew = 5, ae = 3
IMAP: 15:37:58 [rx] h4rz OK Logged in.
IMAP: 15:37:58 [tx] 1mxp IDLE
IMAP: 15:37:58 [db] OnNotify: asOld = 5, asNew = 5, ae = 3
IMAP: 15:37:58 [rx] + idling
IMAP: 15:37:58 [tx] DONE
IMAP: 15:37:58 [db] OnNotify: asOld = 5, asNew = 5, ae = 3
IMAP: 15:37:58 [rx] 1mxp OK Idle completed.
IMAP: 15:37:58 [tx] q00b LIST "" ""
IMAP: 15:37:58 [db] OnNotify: asOld = 5, asNew = 5, ae = 3
IMAP: 15:37:58 [rx] q00b OK List completed.
IMAP: 15:37:58 [tx] t926 IDLE
IMAP: 15:37:59 [db] OnNotify: asOld = 5, asNew = 5, ae = 3
IMAP: 15:37:59 [rx] + idling
IMAP: 15:37:59 [tx] DONE
IMAP: 15:37:59 [db] OnNotify: asOld = 5, asNew = 5, ae = 3
IMAP: 15:37:59 [rx] t926 OK Idle completed.
IMAP: 15:37:59 [tx] 2uhg LIST "" "INBOX"
IMAP: 15:37:59 [db] OnNotify: asOld = 5, asNew = 5, ae = 3
IMAP: 15:37:59 [rx] * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX"
IMAP: 15:37:59 [rx] 2uhg OK List completed.
IMAP: 15:37:59 [tx] 2c9i LSUB "" "*"
IMAP: 15:37:59 [db] OnNotify: asOld = 5, asNew = 5, ae = 3
IMAP: 15:37:59 [rx] * LSUB () "." "INBOX.RQ-Spam"
IMAP: 15:37:59 [rx] * LSUB () "." "INBOX.RQ-Ham"
IMAP: 15:37:59 [rx] 2c9i OK Lsub completed.
IMAP: 15:37:59 [tx] m571 LIST "" "INBOX"
IMAP: 15:37:59 [db] OnNotify: asOld = 5, asNew = 5, ae = 3
IMAP: 15:37:59 [rx] * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX"
IMAP: 15:37:59 [rx] m571 OK List completed.
IMAP: 15:37:59 [tx] 2u8h LSUB "" "*"
IMAP: 15:37:59 [db] OnNotify: asOld = 5, asNew = 5, ae = 3
IMAP: 15:37:59 [rx] * LSUB () "." "INBOX.RQ-Spam"
IMAP: 15:37:59 [rx] * LSUB () "." "INBOX.RQ-Ham"
IMAP: 15:37:59 [rx] 2u8h OK Lsub completed.
IMAP: 15:37:59 [tx] r9xa CREATE "Junk E-mail"
IMAP: 15:37:59 [db] OnNotify: asOld = 5, asNew = 5, ae = 3
IMAP: 15:37:59 [rx] r9xa NO Unknown namespace.
IMAP: 15:37:59 [tx] y51e SUBSCRIBE "Junk E-mail"
IMAP: 15:37:59 [db] OnNotify: asOld = 5, asNew = 5, ae = 3
IMAP: 15:37:59 [rx] y51e NO Unknown namespace.
IMAP: 15:37:59 [tx] c948 IDLE
IMAP: 15:37:59 [db] OnNotify: asOld = 5, asNew = 5, ae = 3
IMAP: 15:37:59 [rx] + idling


Thanks,
Phillip