[Dovecot] Outlook 2000/2003 frequent disconnect issue

Bachman Kharazmi bachman at tor.lindesign.se
Wed Aug 1 12:27:39 EEST 2007


version: 1.0.2
imap_client_workarounds = outlook-idle
And I've no problem with OE 6.0. I've been testing with imap since I 
read your first post, and there have not been any disconnections.

I don't know about OE2003.

/Bachman
Sergey A. Kobzar skrev:
> Hi Jeff,
>
> Did you try play with imap_client_workarounds options?
>
> I think this must help you:
>
> outlook-idle:
>   Outlook and Outlook Express never abort IDLE command, so if no mail
>   arrives in half a hour, Dovecot closes the connection. This is still
>   fine, except Outlook doesn't connect back so you don't see if new mail
>   arrives.
>
>
> Wednesday, August 1, 2007, 3:12:17 AM, you wrote:
>
>   
>> I have been using Dovecot for an IMAP server for a few years now,  
>> with no hitch. Even using Outlook 2K/2K3 as a client.
>>     
>
>   
>> Yesterday, I had a user experience the 'Negative UIDs' issue spoken  
>> of here: http://wiki.dovecot.org/Clients/NegativeUIDs
>>     
>
>   
>> I performed all of the steps mentioned in this article, and it seemed
>> like it would work properly the first time the user checked their  
>> email, and then after that, they would get this error again.
>>     
>
>   
>> I checked to see what the latest stable version of Dovecot was, and  
>> decided to upgrade. I was at 0.99.11-8 and the latest stable rpm for  
>> my distro was 1.0.2-2.
>>     
>
>   
>> The upgrade went fine. Or so I thought.
>>     
>
>   
>> I am now getting the following message on all Outlook Clients:
>>     
>
>   
>> "Your IMAP Server closed the connection....this can occur if the  
>> connection is idle for too long"
>>     
>
>   
>> I have scoured the Internet for this error and have come up with many
>> suggestions, none of which have worked. I have increased Outlook's  
>> timeout period to the full 10 minutes, and I have disabled SELinux.  
>> None of this seems to have worked.
>>     
>
>   
>> Is there anyone out there who has actually had this issue and  
>> resolved it? Can you please help?
>>     
>
>
>   
>> Thanks,
>>     
>
>
>
>   
>> Jeff Ramsey
>> MIS Administrator
>> TMI Forest Products, Inc.
>> jefframsey at tubafor.com
>> 360.477.0738
>>     
>
>
>   



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