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Subject:    RE: [e-smith-devinfo] Imap - UID problem
From:       "Michael Doerner" <michael () baypc ! co ! nz>
Date:       2001-07-31 20:56:31
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Update:

I can fix the problem temporarily by deleting that .uidvalidity file but
very soon after that I keep getting the same problem again, in all different
imap folders. :-(
That means my last night's thoughts what caused it were wrong.

Anybody else who might have some ideas for that?

I just don't want to give up on imap now. It looks like the ideal
integration with webmail ...

Thanks,
Michael Doerner

> -----Original Message-----
...snip...
>
> Some interesting facts (for Outlook users?) that I found through that:
>
> It happened only in some subdirectories of my imap folders so I had to
> delete the .uidvalidity files in those particular folders.
> Apparently I can recreate the problem when I move mails (in Outlook 2000)
> from my personal folder into an imap folder BUT ... it seems to have a
> problem only then, when the original mail had gone through an Outlook rule
> before!
> After moving such a "massaged" mail in an imap folder, the
> problem comes up
> again and I have to delete the .uidvalidity file.
> If the mail was not processed by an Outlook rule before, I can easily move
> it to an imap folder without creating that problem.
..snip..
>
> > Hi Michael.  Try this:
> > "If the IMAP server detects an external change to the mailbox
> > the list of message UIDs becomes invalid.  With some clients simply
> > reopening the IMAP folders will fix the problem, with others,
> > deleting the .uidvalidity file will solve the problem." - Paul Nesbit
> >
> > This file is in your home or mail directory.
> >
> > Quoting Michael Doerner <michael@baypc.co.nz>:
> >
> ..snip...
> > >
> > > The clients where I am testing with are Outlook 2000 and Outlook
> > > Express.
> > > Outlook will quite often (sorry, don't know exactly at which stage or
> > > for
> > > which mail) come up with the following error message:
> > >
> > > Your server has reported a UID which does not comply with the IMAP
> > > standards. This typically indicates a server bug. Your program may not
> > > function properly after this.
> > > MsgSeqNum 925, New UID 996491787, Prev UID 996518607, Next UID 0.
> > >
> > > And it is not functioning properly after that ...
> > >
> > > Outlook Express doesn't give that sort of error message. Instead you
> > > can't
> > > open/read the mail. Sometimes it helps to resynchronise (a
> feature that
> > > Outlook doesn't have at all?) and than you can read the mail
> but that's
> > > all
> > > not OK.


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