IMAP Limitations with Outlook 2013?

[Odhiambo Washington]

On Mon, 19 Nov 2018 at 20:52, Robert Adkins <radkins at impelind.com> wrote:

> Good Day!
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>                 I have a fairly new user on my network that has, over
> about 10 months, created in root inbox and nested sub-folders totaling over
> 900 individual folders.
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>                 In the past few weeks, newly created folders will be
> visible in Outlook 2013, but when an email is moved into that folder, it is
> no longer visible. I can ssh into the server, drill down to that sub-folder
> and see the email in the folder AND it is also available to be seen without
> issue in Thunderbird.
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>                 I know this is a longshot, but if there is some feature
> that I haven’t found in Dovecot to force Outlook to synchronize with all
> the folders/sub-folders, please let me know.
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>                 Beyond that… With this particular users habits, over the
> next 5 years, there could be nearly 10,000 folders/sub-folders. Does anyone
> know if this will create any problems with Dovecot or is this JUST a
> Microsoft software problem?
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> Best Regards,
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> Robert Adkins
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> IT Manager/Tool Designer
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> Impel Industries, Inc.
> 586-254-5800
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I am only marveling at 900 individual mailboxes!
That kind of situation tells me that the individual does not need to use
e-mail anymore for their work. Maybe a CRM system.
I am thinking along the lines of having 900+ labels on gmail....

Anyway, I know Timo has a better answer for you.




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Best regards,
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
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"Oh, the cruft."
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