On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 10:17:41AM -0800, Scott Silva wrote:
on 2-12-2009 2:10 AM Aiko Barz spake the following:
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 05:27:02PM -0500, dhottinger@harrisonburg.k12.va.us wrote:
Have there been any issues with dovecot and using outlook express (imap) as an email client? I have had a couple of users come up with random missing emails. Im trying to figure out if it is user error, or something wacky in my mailserver. I cant find anything telling in
maillog files or my messages. Dovecot version is 1.0.3. Its ok to
reply to me, I get list messages digest.The IMAP implementation of Outlook 2003 for example is not so nice. You must first figure out, if the email is missing within Outlook or if it is missing on the server too.
For example: If the mailbox is greater than 2GB, Outlook 2003 crashes and corrupts its PST file. No more mails show up. A regular crash of Outlook may also corrupt its PST file. The effect is the same. Mails may dissapear within the client.
So, if the missing mail is still on the server, run "SCANPST.EXE". If it does not help, recreate the Outlook profile.
If the mail is missing on the server, look close at their trash folder. ;)
So long, Aiko Outlook does not store IMAP mail in its PST. PST's are only used for the local storage. Outlook does not crash if your IMAP mail folders are larger than 2 GB, although its IMAP implementation is pretty bad.
"Therefore, the .pst files for IMAP or HTTP accounts in Outlook 2003 are limited to 2 GB." http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830336
Yes, it crashes badly...
So long, Aiko
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