Outlook vs. Dovecot experience

William Edwards wedwards at cyberfusion.nl
Thu Jan 13 19:10:47 UTC 2022


Vladislav Kurz schreef op 2022-01-13 11:07:
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> what is your experience regarding using outlook (2016/365) as IMAP
> client and dovecot on server side?

It works.

> 
> We have sync issues with outlook vs. cyrus IMAP server, and we
> consider moving to dovecot. But before that I'd like to hear from
> others if this combination works well. Especially if users have large
> and bushy mailboxes (>10 GB, >100 mailboxes), two mailboxes (accounts)
> on the same server.
> 
> I don't want to do the migration just to find out that it is general
> issue of outlook vs. any IMAP server.

It depends on the issue...

Dovecot can work with Outlook as its client, so can Cyrus IMAP.

Yes, Dovecot works with Outlook (of course it does, that's why a 
standardised *protocol* is for). But if it'll solve your issue, who 
knows.

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With kind regards,

William Edwards



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