Re: [Evolution] IMAP access to exchange server

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

Without having the full details (ie, a tcpdump or a CAMEL_VERBOSE_DEBUG
log) it's hard to say exactly what the problem is, but I *suspect* that
it is related to a workaround for Exchange 5.5 IMAP:

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5348

what is likely happening is that Exchange 5.5 is reporting there are 'n'
messages but when we request the summary info for all the messages, it
returns some number < n, therefor having us re-SELECT the folder and try
again...looping endlessly.

anyway, I later learned that re-SELECTing the folder doesn't work
anyway, apparently Exchange waits for a NOOP to force a sync of it's
internal cache (which is apparently why clients like Outlook are
extremely aggressive with their NOOP commands - or so I've heard).

anyways, I dunno.

submit a bug with a complete CAMEL_VERBOSE_DEBUG log. don't bother with
a tcpdump unless we request it later, but I suspect it will not be
needed.

Jeff

On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 20:00, Kevin Bowen wrote:
> Looking through the support resources on the Ximian website, I see mention of 
> problems when using IMAP to access mail on an exchange server.... according 
> to what I've read, these problems were resolved in 1.2.1. Well I'm still 
> having problems, in 1.2.1 initially, just upgraded to 1.2.2 and no change. 
> Specifically the problem I'm having is when I try to view the contents of my 
> root 'INBOX' folder, it goes into an infinite loop of "Fetching summary 
> information for new messages" and "Scanning for changed messages". All other 
> sub folders work fine, just 'INBOX' does this. It correctly displays the 
> number of new messages in 'INBOX' after the first time through the loop, but 
> then keeps on going, never displaying anything. Once it's gotten into this 
> loop, I can't get any new data out of any other folder, as it is monopolizing 
> communication with the server... however if I close evolution (sometimes 
> having to do a killev to get it to die), start back up and avoid ever 
> attempting to list INBOX, everything else works fine. Unfortunately I have a 
> lot of important mail in INBOX.
>
> Any ideas? (other than purchase a connector license? I am considering doing 
> that, as I'd like to have access to my contacts and tasks as well, however 
> this bugginess is not encouraging to spend the $70).
>
> kevin ucsd edu
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Jeffrey Stedfast
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