IMAP folders

[azeem ahmad]

hi list
i have configured sendmail + dovecot with IMAP, the sending of mails is fine 
even its sending mail to my hotmail address, but when i access mail server 
through a windows xp client using MS outlook, it doesnt fetch mail folder on 
server, while same client if configured with another mail server with same 
configuration, accesses in a good manner.
where and what the problem can be
Regards
Azeem

[Les Mikesell]

On Tue, 2006-02-14 at 11:58, azeem ahmad wrote:
> i have configured sendmail + dovecot with IMAP, the sending of mails is fine 
> even its sending mail to my hotmail address, but when i access mail server 
> through a windows xp client using MS outlook, it doesnt fetch mail folder on 
> server, while same client if configured with another mail server with same 
> configuration, accesses in a good manner.
> where and what the problem can be

Is there a firewall on the server (or between the client and
server) that is blocking port 143?  Or 993 if you are using
ssl encryption?  Anything in /etc/hosts.allow or /etc/hosts.deny
that might prevent connections?

[Paul Howarth]

azeem ahmad wrote:
> hi list
> i have configured sendmail + dovecot with IMAP, the sending of mails is 
> fine even its sending mail to my hotmail address, but when i access mail 
> server through a windows xp client using MS outlook, it doesnt fetch 
> mail folder on server, while same client if configured with another mail 
> server with same configuration, accesses in a good manner.
> where and what the problem can be

Make sure the Outlook user is subscribing to all folders.

Paul.

[Tony Dietrich]

On Tuesday 14 Feb 2006 18:35, Paul Howarth wrote:
> azeem ahmad wrote:
> > hi list
> > i have configured sendmail + dovecot with IMAP, the sending of mails is
> > fine even its sending mail to my hotmail address, but when i access mail
> > server through a windows xp client using MS outlook, it doesnt fetch
> > mail folder on server, while same client if configured with another mail
> > server with same configuration, accesses in a good manner.
> > where and what the problem can be
>
> Make sure the Outlook user is subscribing to all folders.
>
> Paul.

There's a known bug with the way Outlook handles IMAP ...

There's a workaround that is normally commented out in the conf files.

Tony