I noticed another thread about the problems of using Outlook (the full
version) with IMAP and IMail.  We are experiencing problems with Outlook
Express and IMail under IMAP, although they are different problems than
described in the other thread.  I believe the problems are due to OE, but I
want to make sure I have my bases covered.

Has anyone seen these problems and could they be caused by or affected by
IMail?

1. The message list in OE does not get updated.  That is, as new messages
come into the mailbox, the "unread message" count in the Folders view will
show the correct number, but the list of messages does not get updated.  Our
clients believe that their email have not arrived for hours, whereas it's
really OE not updating the message list.  You can force an update of the
message list by clicking away from the Inbox folder and then going back to
it.

2. Deleting and purging messages.  Sometimes purged messages don't go away
until you click away from that folder and then click back in that folder.

3. Deleted messages that just won't go away.  These are messages that you
delete, purge, and nothing will make them go away.  In preview mode, they
usually save "message unavailable on server", or some such.

Problem #1 is particularly perplexing because I can access a mailbox and get
the message list updated properly, while a client can access the same
mailbox and not get his message list updated.  On different is that I have
LAN access to the IMail server, while the client has a DSL link or similar
to the Internet.

I talked to MS tech support about this, and they confess complete ignorance.
However, they did suggest checking the "auto logout timer setting" on the
server.  I see no such setting on IMail.

Setting aside the natural suspicion we all share towards M$, does anyone
have any ideas?

Ben
BC Web


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