On 9/23/03 2:49 PM, "Julian Vrieslander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 09/23/03 1:54 PM, "Hannes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I was wondering whether there were significant differences in the IMAP >> implementation between MacOSX Mail and EntourageX (latest version). My >> University provides me with an IMAP account that requires ssl and it works >> flawlessly with Mail but produces a wrong ID or password error message in >> ErageX. >> In previous discussion of ErageX and IMAP I usually get the response that my >> provider should comply to the IMAP standards - well I am not an expert but I >> get the VERY SAME request from the user support - and they claim to do IMAP >> by the book that there must be something wrong the way ErageX handles IMAP. > > This seems to be a controversial topic. > > I work at the University of Washington (in Seattle), and our campus email > system is based on IMAP. In fact, the computing department here has been > involved in the consortium developing IMAP, and UW-IMAP is one of the more > popular server implementations. > > For OS X users, the university computing staff officially supports Apple's > Mail program. They do not support Entourage (neither the OS 9 or OS X > versions) and some individuals in the support group specifically recommend > against using it. They cited internal studies which allegedly show that > Entourage does not properly comply with IMAP standards. They also cited > frequent reports from users of "database corruption", although it was not > clear to me whether they were referring to problems with the server-side or > client-side databases. > > I asked for advice on this list, and got some responses from people who > believe that the problems lie with the UW-IMAP implementation. I have no > idea who is right. I have also received conflicting recommendations about > how to set Entourage IMAP account options. > > Bottom line is that I am still using Entourage with the UW-IMAP system. > Most of the time it works fine. But I occasionally see instances where my > local (client) database gets out of synch with the server. Headers remain > displayed in the brower pane, when the messages are no longer on the server. > Usually this happens to messages in the Drafts folder. An "advanced" > rebuild removes the bogus headers, but that erases my links, and I have to > reset my browser window column preferences, etc. Perhaps this is an example > of the database corruption issue that the support group warned me about. > > For what it's worth, here is how I have my IMAP account preferences set. In > the "Edit Account" window, "Options" tab, I have all checkboxes deselected. > In the "Advanced" tab, I selected the option to "Purge deleted messages when > quitting...". Sent messages are saved in the "Sent Items" IMAP folder. > Draft messages are saved in the "Drafts" IMAP folder. I still do not know > if these are the correct settings for UW-IMAP, and I certainly don't know if > they are appropriate for other IMAP systems. Sorry for the long quote, but I believe it all is important for someone following up on the thread. Well, our experiences are almost identical specifically with respect to sysadmins recommend against Erage (X or 9). I use the same setting as you described above with the difference that I have to enable SSL since there is only encrypted access permitted. I have a lot of error messages when I access my mail on the current (old) imap mail server which will be expired soon but at least I get my mail. I was already testing the new server which will be standard in a matter of weeks and as it appears I will have to switch to Apple's Mail if I still want to get my email. (Well, I guess there is still pine and mutt). Where are the experts? Cheers/h -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
