Re: [Evolution] IMAP access to exchange server



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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