Stephen Gallagher wrote: > Hello, > > I have been trying for the past while to successfully use Outlook Express with > Cyrus. > The main problem I've run into is the message synchronization in Outlook. > > No matter whether it's set to synchronize all messages, new messages only, or > headers only, Outlook seems to find a new way to screw up. > > e.g., > sync all - no new messages appear > sync new messages only - message read state is not saved properly > sync headers only - message is marked as read and deleted!? > > What is going on here... > > Does anyone have this setup and working properly? > From looking at the archives, there seem to be a lot of problems. > > I have tried Outlook 5.5, 6, and various releases of Cyrus from 1.6.22 to 2.0.16 > > and Linux distros Redhat 6.2 and Mandrake 8.1. > I have also tried to get the seen state updating properly by trying linux kernel > 2.4.18, and changing seen_db.c by commenting out the if() after line 133 - > "/* if this is the db we've already opened, return it */" > > Nothing seems to work... I would appreciate any suggestions from anyone who > has or hasn't got this combination working, >
It sounds like a problem specifically with syncronization rather than Outlook Express in general. We have Outlook Express users on campus and I don't hear many complaints. Our users probably rarely use the syncronization capability....it is probably not necessary unless your users are disconnecting from the network. Tom -- Tom Karches email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Systems Administrator phone : 919.515.5508 NCSU Information Technology
