Am 26.01.2011 11:47, schrieb Nigel Webber: > Hi > > I've been using courier for some time, but have just built a new box and > am using dovecot (V1.2.9), Ubuntu 10.04LTS. I have a question regarding > multiple concurrent imap connections and how to get dovecot to behave in > the same way that courier does. I have searched the wiki, but find > little relevant to my specific issue. > > Courier-Imap Behaviour > > If I have thunderbird pointed at the 'Inbox' folder via IMAP, then > connect another IMAP client to the same mail account (in this case an > iPhone), and then delete an email using the iphone, then after a couple > of seconds, the inbox shown by Thunderbird updates, removing the now > deleted email. It does this without my having to touch Thunderbird. > > Dovecot behaviour > > Performing the same test on a different mailbox, this time hosted via > Dovecot, I again see the two views, one in Thunderbird and one on the > iPhone, but when I delete the email on the iPhone, the change is not > reflected in the view on Thunderbird. If I select the email on > Thunderbird, then it has no content. If I restart thunderbird, the > deleted email is still shown. I have to delete (the already deleted) the > email also in thunderbird before it finally dissapears. > > How can I get the courier behaviour where the inbox in one email client > automagically reflects the changes made to that inbox in another client? > If I am better sticking to Courier to get this functionality, thats > fine, but if I can configure the behaviour I desire and still retail the > benefits of dovecot then thats even better! > > Kind Regards > > Nigel
first show your conf to make sure what you configured dovecot and i tested same scenario many times with tb and android k9 mail imap dovecot 2.0x i see it working like expected at deleting moving mail for sure there always might be time, time drifts by differnt network speeds and refreshing imap cons -- Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer Germany/Munich/Bavaria
