Re: [Dovecot] All mail in mbox disappears when using Outlook

2009-08-08 Thread Frank Leonhardt
Adam McDougall wrote on 07 August 2009 15:01 > Frank Leonhardt wrote: > > Timo Sirainen wrote on 03 August 2009 20:11: > > > >> On Mon, 2009-08-03 at 20:03 +0100, Frank Leonhardt wrote: > >> > >>> Any suggestions about where I could look for a clue will be followed > up > >>> immediately. I'm new t

Re: [Dovecot] All mail in mbox disappears when using Outlook

2009-08-07 Thread Timo Sirainen
On Fri, 2009-08-07 at 10:01 -0400, Adam McDougall wrote: > Also, if you have a mailbox called > "Inbox", Thunderbird > will not see it since it is hidden by the real inbox. Actually Dovecot hides it. In IMAP the INBOX is case-insensitive so there can't be more than one. signature.asc Descript

Re: [Dovecot] All mail in mbox disappears when using Outlook

2009-08-07 Thread Adam McDougall
Frank Leonhardt wrote: Timo Sirainen wrote on 03 August 2009 20:11: On Mon, 2009-08-03 at 20:03 +0100, Frank Leonhardt wrote: Any suggestions about where I could look for a clue will be followed up immediately. I'm new to Dovecot, but not BSD. My next step will be to put a

Re: [Dovecot] All mail in mbox disappears when using Outlook

2009-08-07 Thread Frank Leonhardt
Further to this, Outlook 2000 has the same problem as Outlook 2003 - if the folder name takes the form 'inbox123456' then it will display as empty in Outlook (although other IMAP clients have no trouble). I'd have difficulty believing this if I wasn't seeing it myself.

Re: [Dovecot] All mail in mbox disappears when using Outlook

2009-08-03 Thread Frank Leonhardt
Timo Sirainen wrote on 03 August 2009 20:11: > On Mon, 2009-08-03 at 20:03 +0100, Frank Leonhardt wrote: > > Any suggestions about where I could look for a clue will be followed up > > immediately. I'm new to Dovecot, but not BSD. My next step will be to > put a > > network analyser on it. > > Loo

Re: [Dovecot] All mail in mbox disappears when using Outlook

2009-08-03 Thread Timo Sirainen
On Mon, 2009-08-03 at 20:03 +0100, Frank Leonhardt wrote: > Any suggestions about where I could look for a clue will be followed up > immediately. I'm new to Dovecot, but not BSD. My next step will be to put a > network analyser on it. Looking at the imap traffic could help, especially if you can

Re: [Dovecot] All mail in mbox disappears when using Outlook

2009-08-03 Thread Frank Leonhardt
Timo Sirainen wrote on 03 August 2009 19:46: > On Sat, 2009-08-01 at 11:00 +0100, Frank Leonhardt wrote: > > Corrupt mbox file? Probably not. If you copy the problem one, the copy > works > > fine. The really weird thing is that if you rename the problem file > (using > > mv) it STILL DOESN'T work.

Re: [Dovecot] All mail in mbox disappears when using Outlook

2009-08-03 Thread Timo Sirainen
On Sat, 2009-08-01 at 11:00 +0100, Frank Leonhardt wrote: > Corrupt mbox file? Probably not. If you copy the problem one, the copy works > fine. The really weird thing is that if you rename the problem file (using > mv) it STILL DOESN'T work. I've considered the possibility that it's got a > bad lo

Re: [Dovecot] All mail in mbox disappears when using Outlook

2009-08-03 Thread Frank Leonhardt
This was sent on Saturday but didn't make it to the list (possibly a problem my end). Incidentally, I've since restarted Dovecot to see if that helped. It didn't. Luigi Rosa wrote on 01 August 2009 14:10 > Frank Leonhardt said the following on 01/08/09 12:00: > > > I've searched as far as I can

Re: [Dovecot] All mail in mbox disappears when using Outlook

2009-08-01 Thread Luigi Rosa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Frank Leonhardt said the following on 01/08/09 12:00: > I've searched as far as I can for any known problems using Outlook. What about the size of the mailbox? Each version of Outlook has its own issue regarding the maximum size of PST files.

[Dovecot] All mail in mbox disappears when using Outlook

2009-08-01 Thread Frank Leonhardt
I thought I was imaging it but... I have a friend (honestly) that likes to clear his inbox every month by copying older into a folder (e.g. June-2009). Every month he complains that all the mail in the new folder has disappeared. This has happened three times now, and he's sort-of-right. I now beli