[OFFTOPIC] Re: Outlook vs. Dovecot experience

[Vladislav Kurz]

Dne 15. 01. 22 v 18:46 Panayiotis Fafakos napsal(a):
> The same here in Greece.
> 
> The only Outlook version which respects open standards concerning the 
> IMAP protocol is Outlook 2010.
> We thought at first that Outlook 2013 would also be compatible with 
> dovecot. Yet, as said, it seems to be a Microsoft company (internal) 
> policy, not to comply with standards, since this would bring their 
> "tower of cards" down.
> We hoped that Outlook 2016 would make a difference, or at least Outlook 
> 2019, but none of the sort happened.
> 
> What is the exact problem? Well, here it is:
> Many times, users create folders with non-compatible characters in their 
> folder names, either slashes or dots, etc.
> Outlook accepts these characters as valid, while dovecot will not. Yet 
> Outlook creates the folder for the user and the user thinks he can use 
> the folder, although the folder does not exist on the server.
> The user stores emails in the folder and uses it, until one day he 
> either logs in via his webmail and does not see the specified folder. He 
> then does not worry very much, since he can still work from his PC where 
> Outlook is installed.
> Once the PC needs to have his hard disk replaced due to a failure, then 
> he/she discovers that his emails are lost forever.

Thanks for sharing your experience. We had exactly the same problem with 
Cyrus IMAP. Good to know this is not Cyrus' fault.

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Best regards
         Vladislav Kurz