Ok, I am a bit further now... I re-added the account direct access to exchange IMAP/s. Now it works, so it might be related to DavMail. Although I am not sure, how...
hope it is fixed now. On 7 Dec 2023, at 22:29, Stephan Bösebeck wrote: > I was too early with my assumption. It is not working, just got the same > Error Message for the Drafts- and the Sent-Folder. When looking at it, one > message seems to be added 100s of times, until Mailmate detects its error. > > Any Ideas what might have caused this? Exchange is a bitch, yes, but I doubt > that it is just now coming out of nowhere... > > > > On 7 Dec 2023, at 21:03, Stephan Bösebeck wrote: > >> Thanks a lot for the detailed answer. >> >> But after gotting completely rid of the account and re-adding it, the error >> now is gone. My guess is that was something local with MailMate. >> >> The server related is an Exchange server but I access it via `DavMail` - >> which works astonishingly good. >> >> But I had issues with that account, when I wanted to test accessing the >> imap-port of the exchange directly. I added a _new_ account, different name, >> but same email. That made MailMate freak out a bit. It mixed up those >> accounts, although I disabled one. I deleted the direct Imap access and >> everything went back to normal. This might have caused the strange behaviour >> (although this is months ago). (btw: the direct imap access never worked, >> the firewall was prohibiting it). >> >> Right now, it works... Thanks for your help. >> >> >> >> >> >> On 7 Dec 2023, at 19:22, Bill Cole wrote: >> >>> On 2023-12-07 at 11:36:07 UTC-0500 (Thu, 07 Dec 2023 17:36:07 +0100) >>> Stephan Bösebeck <mailmate@lists.freron.com> >>> is rumored to have said: >>> >>>> Then, after staring MailMate again, it was downloading everything and it >>>> was _then_ fine... >>>> >>>> Until I sent an email. I got the UIDVALIDITY-Message more or less directly >>>> after sending. >>> >>> That is a clue that it probably was specifically and solely related to your >>> "Sent" IMAP folder at that point. >>> >>> The UIDVALIDITY value is an integer set by the IMAP server for each IMAP >>> folder and included in the server response to an IMAP client selecting a >>> folder. It is changed only when there is a change in mapping of messages to >>> UID values, which are unique and notionally permanent ID numbers for each >>> message for as long as it is in the folder. That can be made necessary by >>> catastrophic server failure and restoration from backup or by anything >>> mimicking such an event, e.g. serious sysadmin error, total re-indexing of >>> mailboxes, etc. If it happens to an account, it will likely strike every >>> folder in an account (and possibly every account on a server) at the same >>> time, and MailMate may alert for each folder as it is selected for routine >>> sync. It should absolutely NOT be a frequent event, because it forces a >>> full resync of all message data and metadata in the folder. >>> >>> One thing that could cause an apparent single-folder UIDVALIDITY change is >>> if one were to delete and re-create an IMAP folder of the same name with >>> one IMAP client, while other IMAP clients are offline. Hence, it is >>> *possible* for such a change to indicate account compromise and an attempt >>> to obfuscate the apparent history of a mail folder. >>> >>>> I removed the account in total again, this time it worked... so I try to >>>> add it once more... >>>> >>>> I will see, if that helps. >>> >>> If it recurs, particularly for multiple IMAP folders on that account, it >>> would most likely be a recurrent problem with your IMAP server. If it >>> recurs for just one folder, you may have a quiet account hijacking in >>> progress. It is extremely unlikely that MailMate could have a client-side >>> issue with tracking UIDVALIDITY at this point in its history, as it is >>> logically quite simple to do correctly. >>> >>> -- >>> Bill Cole >>> b...@scconsult.com or billc...@apache.org >>> (AKA @grumpybozo and many *@billmail.scconsult.com addresses) >>> Not Currently Available For Hire >>> _______________________________________________ >>> mailmate mailing list >>> mailmate@lists.freron.com >>> https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate_______________________________________________ >> mailmate mailing list >> mailmate@lists.freron.com >> https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate_______________________________________________ > mailmate mailing list > mailmate@lists.freron.com > https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate
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