On 2.9.2004, at 21:50, Nikolaus Gerstmayr wrote:
Scenario: Using Dovecot 0.99.10.9 as pop3 server. With delete on retrival off.
clients: outlook* ..
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;872839
Is it this problem? Maybe just try to get people to install SP1?
I've been thinking about making the pop3 UID format configurable, but I can't anymore change the default.
Unfortunatly, SP1 doesn't help. I read 872839 too, it gave me 5 minutes of hope, not not more :(
We had a mixture of outlook 2003's with Sp1 and without it, and a couple of outlook express 6.x's
ALL had the same problem with the SAME mails being redownlaoded all over :( Seems all microsoft mail clients share the same problematic UIDL code. Updated all outlook 2003's to SP1, didn't help either.
Found this in meantime: http://www.smartertools.com/Products/SmarterMail/ReleaseNotes.aspx
Unfortunatly it doesnt tell WHATS wrong with outlooks POP3 UIDL interpretation. Just that there is something wrong.
If you have something like # values: default, yet_another_outlookbug_workaround, ... #UIDL_SHEME default
it shouldnt be a big problem. if you can leave the old UIDL generation and its default. and warn what happens if you switch it.
Again, I cant be 100% sure yet if my attempt to workaround that problem really helps. Time of observation too short.
But looks good so far.
BTW: of course I'd prefer to kick the god damn outlook's and/or switch to IMAP, but unfortunately I'm not allowed to do that :(((