[svlug] Re: Outlook + SSL IMAP

[Jose Medeiros]

Sorry for the confusion..

Just for kicks have you tried using outlook express without enabaling SSL IMAP?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Beimborn" <Dan at CelticMusic.Com>
To: <svlug at lists.svlug.org>; <cobra at jps.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 1:42 PM
Subject: Outlook + SSL IMAP


> >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
>