I think this is just outlook showing it's POP3 roots. there is a bunch of
mail software out there that was written for POP3 that has been 'upgraded'
to IMAP but still acts as if it was talking to a POP3 server (including in
many cases keeping a local copy of the mail messages)
David Lang
On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Anton Roeckseisen wrote:
> Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 11:01:21 +0100
> From: Anton Roeckseisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Session-usage of Outlook Express
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying the cyrus-server and found that outlook express is logging in and
> out to check for new mail availlable on the imap-server every few minutes
> instead of keeping the session open for several hours and checking in the open
> sesson.....
>
> I'm not used to M$... so does anyone know if I can configure outlook express
> to keep the session open? And further and even more important: is this kind of
> behaviour the expected behaviour of imap-clients? Or is outlook express just
> an exception?
>
> Thanks,
> Anton
>
>
