Vista - IMAP loses emails?

12-18-2007

Whether using Windows Mail or Outlook 2007, and irrespective of the email
hosting provider (have tried two), I have found that with an IMAP Inbox,
synchronization is periodically entirely lost. In WM, the Inbox email
headers get reloaded from scratch; in Outlook the emails display the header
icon. The consequence is that every email in the Inbox has to be re-synched
- which can take hours. The workaround I've tried to adopt is moving all
emails older than 2 weeks to a subfolder - which always remains synched -
unlike the Inbox. Having done this a couple of times, I've found on both
occasions that emails get lost during the move, presumably because I've
initiated the move of emails from the client, and the synch process has
somehow been interrupted. Is it unwise to move emails to IMAP subfolders,
and is the loss of Inbox synchronization "normal"?? Thanks ...

01-01-2008

Hi, many thanks for your reply.

I did arrive at the same conclusion and have stopped using windows mail. In
fact Outlook doesn't lose synch as I had thought - it's windows mail that
loses sync and then resets all the flags on the server - which outlook then
picks up.

definately not fit-for-purpose ...

"JSA-Poulsbo" wrote:

Quote:

> Richard:
> On any competant imap client what you are doing is perfectly handled and
> perfectly permissable with a persistant connection.
>
> If you are only intermitantly connected, (such as when you download and read
> mail while on a plane or something) then there is a potential for come
> inconsistancies.
>
> But in a machine connected to the net (any net) with an always up connection
> you should have no problem moving mails from one folder to another, and the
> change should be instantly reflected on the server and by any other client
> connected to that imap account. (for some values of "instantly" - within
> seconds).
>
> However, I too see THE SAME PROBLEM that you mention. If I drag 10 messages
> from one IMAP folder to another, it might move 1 or 2 or none. If I drag
> them one at a time it almost always works.
>
> This is a flaw in Windows Mail. (Hense my caviat above about "competant
> Imap client" - something windows mail is pathetically far from.)
>
> Depending on which computer I'm at, I access all of my Imap accounts (three
> different servers) using Kmail (linux), Eudora, Pegasus, Seamonkey (mozilla)
> and Windows Mail (Microsoft's Flagship Vista). Only Windows Mail fails.
> Even my older Outlook Express handled moving mails correctly.
>
> Its a pretty pathetic situation.
>
>
> "Richard B" wrote:
>

Quote:

> > I've found on both
> > occasions that emails get lost during the move, presumably because I've
> > initiated the move of emails from the client, and the synch process has
> > somehow been interrupted. Is it unwise to move emails to IMAP subfolders,
> > and is the loss of Inbox synchronization "normal"?? Thanks ...

12-18-2007	#1 (permalink)
Richard B n/a posts	IMAP loses emails? Whether using Windows Mail or Outlook 2007, and irrespective of the email hosting provider (have tried two), I have found that with an IMAP Inbox, synchronization is periodically entirely lost. In WM, the Inbox email headers get reloaded from scratch; in Outlook the emails display the header icon. The consequence is that every email in the Inbox has to be re-synched - which can take hours. The workaround I've tried to adopt is moving all emails older than 2 weeks to a subfolder - which always remains synched - unlike the Inbox. Having done this a couple of times, I've found on both occasions that emails get lost during the move, presumably because I've initiated the move of emails from the client, and the synch process has somehow been interrupted. Is it unwise to move emails to IMAP subfolders, and is the loss of Inbox synchronization "normal"?? Thanks ...
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01-01-2008	#2 (permalink)
Richard B n/a posts	RE: IMAP loses emails? Hi, many thanks for your reply. I did arrive at the same conclusion and have stopped using windows mail. In fact Outlook doesn't lose synch as I had thought - it's windows mail that loses sync and then resets all the flags on the server - which outlook then picks up. definately not fit-for-purpose ... "JSA-Poulsbo" wrote: Quote: > Richard: > On any competant imap client what you are doing is perfectly handled and > perfectly permissable with a persistant connection. > > If you are only intermitantly connected, (such as when you download and read > mail while on a plane or something) then there is a potential for come > inconsistancies. > > But in a machine connected to the net (any net) with an always up connection > you should have no problem moving mails from one folder to another, and the > change should be instantly reflected on the server and by any other client > connected to that imap account. (for some values of "instantly" - within > seconds). > > However, I too see THE SAME PROBLEM that you mention. If I drag 10 messages > from one IMAP folder to another, it might move 1 or 2 or none. If I drag > them one at a time it almost always works. > > This is a flaw in Windows Mail. (Hense my caviat above about "competant > Imap client" - something windows mail is pathetically far from.) > > Depending on which computer I'm at, I access all of my Imap accounts (three > different servers) using Kmail (linux), Eudora, Pegasus, Seamonkey (mozilla) > and Windows Mail (Microsoft's Flagship Vista). Only Windows Mail fails. > Even my older Outlook Express handled moving mails correctly. > > Its a pretty pathetic situation. > > > "Richard B" wrote: > Quote: > > I've found on both > > occasions that emails get lost during the move, presumably because I've > > initiated the move of emails from the client, and the synch process has > > somehow been interrupted. Is it unwise to move emails to IMAP subfolders, > > and is the loss of Inbox synchronization "normal"?? Thanks ...
My System Specs

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