[svlug] Outlook + SSL IMAP

[Dan Beimborn]

>Hi Mark..

Actually I think you mean me (Dan)

Here's a more detailed problem description.

We have SSL IMAP (u wash, imap-2000rc8) set up,
many users on win98+outlook or outlook express
(version number seems not to matter).

If you *don't* allow the automatic check on startup,
and do it manually it seems to work. It seems to
(my theory) hang when the user manually checks at 
the same time the auto check is happening. if it
messes up once, closing it and restarting fixes it
(heh).

On the exact same connections/computers/cables running
netscape's simap client is fine.

Is there a fix/workaround that you know of? The article
you linked looks to be basically the problem, but 
OE5 doesn't help matters here.

Another thing (I thought was related) is that users
who leave an outlook at home with an auto-check seem
to conflict with their work version. I wonder if the
manual check + the automated one hit some locking 
constraint that outlook deals with poorly (and netscape
mail can handle)

Thanks for your investigations

DB