On 28.3.2012, at 1.24, stonegate wrote: > Problem: When i receive a new email, it does not appear in my Outlook unless > i have the IMAP Inbox Folder open (highlighted selection). > > Sometimes i have new mail in my inbox for over 15 Minutes and i dont realize > it unless i click on the inbox folder. > > Before that problem occured on my old system ( i think it was dovecot as > well ) the inbox folder refreshed automatically and i instantly knew when i > had new emails. It was kind of like with my exchange account. > > Does anyone have a clue what might be wrong ? Since i did not re-install > outlook or something it cannot be a client thing since no settings changed > on the client side. > > Maybe i have to do something with dovecots config file? I think it should > keep the connection to the server open or something. I´d appreciate any kind > of help.
I'm not aware of any Dovecot change or any Dovecot setting that could change this behavior in Outlook. It's the client's choice how it monitors the mailboxes.
