Aleksandar Milivojevic wrote:
Is it possible to get Outlook Express work properly with "altnamspace: off"? (OK, I know that it is hard to place "Outlook Express" and "work properly" in same sentence, but let ignore that for a second).
From what I've managed to get working (or not working) so far with altnamespace turned off, it looks like this:
By default, Sent Items and Drafts folders are not usable. Seems that OE can't use "INBOX.Sent Items", it must have "Sent Items". Attempt to define folder for Sent Items as "INBOX.Sent Items" in OE settings results in message saying that folder names can't contain slash, backslash and dot characters.
If I set "root folder path" option to "INBOX" in OE account config, than it can use Sent Items and Drafts (since now OE internally transforms them into top level folders). However, now I can't see or access shared folders and other user's folders (only folders under my INBOX folder are visible).
Another thing is that when exiting from OE, it attempts to recheck all folders for new messages. If "root folder path" is set, it fails to authenticate (!?) and I need to retype the password.
OE has a piss-poor support for IMAP namespaces. The "Root folder path" is the only thing that contgrolls where OE looks for other folders. The funny thing is, I've created shared folders ("shared.informatika.*"), if ACLs allow it, a user's OE will see that foilder in IMAP folders, will be able to subscribe to it, but will not be able to place it in the normal folder view, unless it is under the "Root path".
This boils down to: if you want your users to share certain folders, make up your mind - either have them under "user.*" hierarchy or "shared.*". I will also add that Mozilla works flawlessly. But mozilla still lacks GSSAPI authentication, so I'm forced to use OE.
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