[Dovecot] Problems with Oulook Clients
Hello all.
I have problems with clients running Outlook 2003 that keep getting IMAP server timeout errors, "mailbox in an inconsistant state" Are there any mods to be made to the config file that could eliminate this? It happens about ever 10minutes. Here is what our previous Sys Admin sent me on our setup.
dovecot is the IMAP server that allows clients to connect and get to their mailboxes. Postfix is that part of the mail system that moves messages around, from one server to another and puts them in the appropriate mailboxes.
Thanks
Patrick
Patrick Carney wrote:
Hello all.
Which version of Dovecot are you running? Which OS are you running it on?
These can help a lot in diagnosing problems...
I have problems with clients running Outlook 2003 that keep getting IMAP server timeout errors, "mailbox in an inconsistant state" Are there any mods to be made to the config file that could eliminate this? It happens about ever 10minutes. Here is what our previous Sys Admin sent me on our setup.
Yes - there are some "work-around" options in the config file - one specifically for the timeout issue you describe. I recommend you take a read through the dovecot.conf file; it has a fair bit of documentation in it on what the various options are for.
-- Curtis Maloney cmaloney@cardgate.net
[100,burmail-p1:root] # cat /etc/*release LSB_VERSION="1.3" Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 3 (Taroon Update 4) ===
We installed dovecot from source so if you look in /usr/local/src/ you'll find a directory called dovecot-0.99.14
Dovecot is version 0.99.14
Thanks!
-----Original Message----- From: Curtis Maloney [mailto:cmaloney@cardgate.net] Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 2:24 PM To: Patrick Carney Cc: dovecot@dovecot.org Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Problems with Oulook Clients
Patrick Carney wrote:
Hello all.
Which version of Dovecot are you running? Which OS are you running it on?
These can help a lot in diagnosing problems...
I have problems with clients running Outlook 2003 that keep getting IMAP server timeout errors, "mailbox in an inconsistant state" Are there any mods to be made to the config file that could eliminate this? It happens about ever 10minutes. Here is what our previous Sys Admin sent me on our setup.
Yes - there are some "work-around" options in the config file - one specifically for the timeout issue you describe. I recommend you take a read through the dovecot.conf file; it has a fair bit of documentation in it on what the various options are for.
-- Curtis Maloney cmaloney@cardgate.net
Patrick Carney wrote:
[100,burmail-p1:root] # cat /etc/*release LSB_VERSION="1.3" Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 3 (Taroon Update 4) ===
We installed dovecot from source so if you look in /usr/local/src/ you'll find a directory called dovecot-0.99.14
Dovecot is version 0.99.14
Quite an old version (though I run it myself :) If it's working fine for you, you probably shouldn't rush to upgrade.
We hand users here using Outlook (even though it was forbidden... people didn't listen) and it worked fine with the work-arounds turned on.
-- Curtis Maloney cmaloney@cardgate.net
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