Your problems are with Outlook, not Imail. I use Kmail with Imail IMAP and it works perfectly.
On Thursday 11 December 2003 02:54 pm, you wrote: > I have tried a few times over the past couple of years to get IMAP running > for our users. Each time I try to test, I end up abandoning it because it > seems to be so unreliable. > > > > All my users are using Windows XP and Outlook 2002, connecting to Imail > 8.04 on Windows 2000 Server (dual 2200's, 1GB RAM), w/ Declude JM and > Virus. The problems I have experienced with IMAP are as follows: > > > > Frequent hangs: Frequently, Outlook will hang when I attempt to switch to > another email or email folder. It will hang for anywhere between 10 > seconds to a couple of minutes. > > > > Occasional freezes: Sometimes it just won't un-hang (I have even left it > overnight before). When this happens I have to end task on Outlook. > > > > Unreliable message sorting: I have several folders and I use Outlook's > views to do things like group messages by conversation. When doing this, I > sort the threads descending, and the conversations ascending. This puts > the newest threads at the top and the oldest message within that thread > first so I can read them in order. But when using IMAP, no matter which > way the 'sort arrow' is pointing, new messages and threads show up > somewhere in the middle. And as soon as I click on it, it jumps to the top > so that I have to scroll back up to read it. Then I have to scroll back > down to get the next message, click, pop, scroll back up, etc. This is > just an example of the types of problems it presents with sorting. > > > > Can't search: I can't search through unread messages (I know this is > because only the header has been dl'ed from the server, but it is still > very inconvenient). > > > > Frequent Disconnects: I get frequent "Your IMAP server has closed the > connection" messages. > > > > We are coming to a place where we really need to use IMAP in our > organization because we have a lot of agents working from home. Does > anyone else experience these problems with IMAIL IMAP? How about other > IMAP implementations? Am I just configuring something wrong in Outlook? > What can I do to troubleshoot this? Or is this just normal with IMAP? > > > > Dan Horne, CCNA > > Web Services Administrator > > TAIS Web > > Wilcox World Travel & Tours > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: > > This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the > intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged > information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is > prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the > sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
