Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 12:12:42 -0700 From: Bill Campbell <freebsd@celestial.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mozilla and courier-imap Message-ID: <20040813191242.GA4582@alexis.mi.celestial.com> In-Reply-To: <20040813174755.GA30993@werd> References: <411CF14E.4030203@criticalmagic.com> <20040813174755.GA30993@werd>
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On Fri, Aug 13, 2004, Radek Kozlowski wrote: >On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 12:50:22PM -0400, Richard Coleman wrote: >> I'm using the most recent ports for mozilla and courier-imap on an >> up-to-date FreeBSD-stable. Very often I will not see new messages in a >> folder until I restart mozilla. I was convinced it was mozilla that was >> broken, but I've seen similar behavior using Thunderbird on my Windows >> box. Now I'm not so sure. >> >> Anyone else seen this? >> >> What is another decent IMAP client in ports? > >I had the same problem with Thunderbird (both on FreeBSD and Windows) >and I blamed Mozilla. But then I was told that Courier-IMAP is not very >standards-compliant IMAP implementation and tried Dovecot (mail/dovecot) >instead. It turned out that Courier was the one to blame. With Dovecot >Thunderbird was showing mail like it should. FWIW, I don't have any >problems with it in mutt+imap either. If you configure courier-imap there's an option to work around these issues. ./configure --enable-workarounds-for-imap-client-bugs ... Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ ``Democracy extends the sphere of individual freedom, Democracy attaches all possible value to each man, while socialism makes each man a mere agent, a mere number. Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word: equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.'' de Tocqueville == 1848
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