[Dovecot] noob - Outlook Duplicate Problem Question
Hi, I use dovecot 0.99-11 with sendmail latest, and clamav-milter, and spamass-milter. Whole setup works great. We only use dovecot for pop3, no imap. We use primarily Outlook 2000-2003 for a client. I have a couple of users who prefer to leave a copy of each message on the server.
I read the archives about the Outlook Duplicate Message problem regarding the setting 'Leave a copy on the Server'. I read that someone fixed this by changing the order of the UIDL from datestamp.message# to message#.datestamp. My question is if I make that change in my source for 0.99-11, will the 1.0 version have a fix for this included, or should I look for another pop3 server? I'd like to continue to use dovecot as it is very light and fast, but I'm trying to eliminate using source compiled binaries on my production servers, and letting YUM do my updates for me. I can compile this version from source, using the fix that was mentioned in the September Archives for this list, if I know that the problem (which is an MS problem, go figure) will be gone in future RPM binary packages.
Thanks for any info or help.
Jeff Ramsey MIS Administrator Tubafor Mill, Inc.
On 9.11.2004, at 18:53, Jeff Ramsey wrote:
I read the archives about the Outlook Duplicate Message problem regarding the setting 'Leave a copy on the Server'. I read that someone fixed this by changing the order of the UIDL from datestamp.message# to message#.datestamp. My question is if I make that change in my source for 0.99-11, will the 1.0 version have a fix for this included, or should I look for another pop3 server? I'd like to continue to use dovecot as it is very light and fast, but I'm trying to eliminate using source compiled binaries on my production servers, and letting YUM do my updates for me. I can compile this version from source, using the fix that was mentioned in the September Archives for this list, if I know that the problem (which is an MS problem, go figure) will be gone in future RPM binary packages.
It's not a good idea anymore to change the default UIDL generation, but I will most likely make it configurable before v1.0.
Dovecot 0.99.x isn't very good as pop3 server, so it wouldn't be a bad idea to try another pop3 server either.
Timo; You suggested using another POP server. Do you have a suggestion for a POP server? (We're using mbox format, Dovecot .99.11 )
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On 12.11.2004, at 20:20, Dan Graham wrote:
Timo; You suggested using another POP server. Do you have a suggestion for a POP server? (We're using mbox format, Dovecot .99.11 )
I haven't used any myself, but apop3d might be good.
On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 04:51:17PM +0200, Timo Sirainen wrote:
Dovecot 0.99.x isn't very good as pop3 server, so it wouldn't be a bad idea to try another pop3 server either.
I'm using 0.99.10.4 for pop3 -- should I be concerned about that statement? :-)
I mean, it does appear to work for what we use it for.
(I continue to build and try the 1.0-test versions in isolated environments, but haven't made the leap to using it for real.)
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Mark E. Mallett wrote:
(I continue to build and try the 1.0-test versions in isolated environments, but haven't made the leap to using it for real.)
1.0-test52 has been working flawlessly as pop3 server for me, there is some small issues with IMAP but it is usable. I am using mbox, I don't know how well Maildir works at the moment.
-- Tomi Hakala
On 12.11.2004, at 20:53, Mark E. Mallett wrote:
On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 04:51:17PM +0200, Timo Sirainen wrote:
Dovecot 0.99.x isn't very good as pop3 server, so it wouldn't be a bad idea to try another pop3 server either.
I'm using 0.99.10.4 for pop3 -- should I be concerned about that statement? :-)
I mean, it does appear to work for what we use it for.
It's slow and it doesn't support pop3 auth initial responses which breaks eg. eudora logging in.
Timo wrote:
On 12.11.2004, at 20:53, Mark E. Mallett wrote:
On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 04:51:17PM +0200, Timo Sirainen wrote:
Dovecot 0.99.x isn't very good as pop3 server, so it wouldn't be a bad idea to try another pop3 server either.
I'm using 0.99.10.4 for pop3 -- should I be concerned about that statement? :-)
I mean, it does appear to work for what we use it for.
It's slow and it doesn't support pop3 auth initial responses which breaks eg. eudora logging in.
Well, POP3 works great for us (large 5digit number of mailboxes) using maildir. Quite speedy, too. The auth bits are not an issue here as the dovecot mailbox servers are sitting behind a cluster running perdition (pop3/imap proxy). :)
Regards,
Christian Balzer
Christian Balzer Network/Systems Engineer NOC chibi@gol.com Global OnLine Japan/Fusion Network Services http://www.gol.com/
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Tomi Hakala