Outlook 2016 & IMAP Trouble with dovecot

[Jakob Curdes]

>> I would see it a bit more general: Outlook is mostly useless as email
>> client in general (not looking at the groupware functionality). Even
>> with Exchange or other server types, many simple things do not work
>> reliably and never get fixed.
>> And the simplest things are impossible, e.g. displaying the full email
>> address of a sender instead of the name only (to make it harder to spoof
>> senders). I suspect 2016 is the 2nd-last version of Outlook to be
>> released and from then on it will be browser-only.
>> That said, IMAP support is "strange" and has always been - OL trusts its
>> own .ps ort .ost file more than the server which circumvents the general
>> idea of IMAP. If you need Outlook, avoid IMAP and if you need IMAP,
>> avoid Outlook....
>>
>> JC
> What version of Outlook are you using? I have "2016 (16.0.9029.2016) 32-bit
> installed and it does not exhibit the problems that you allege it does?
>
> Have you ever tried any of the MS Forums?
Yes, I have and my customer uses Outlook 2016, current version. Without 
deviating too much from the topic of this list, I can/must affirm that 
the current OL is not a very good IMAP client.
Also, if you have a way to get the email address displayed by default, I 
and many others would appreciate to hear how.
I think discussing the other pros and cons of Outlook is a bit off-topic 
for this list, but rest assured that during a larger migration project I 
have found many problems that others also had and that have not been 
addressed.

JC