[imp] problem with Folder lists

[Andrew Morgan]

On Tue, 24 Jun 2003, Chris Barnes wrote:

> We are running in an environment where users access their email from any
> number of different methods.
>
> * on the local Linux machine via pine or elm
> * via Pop3 or Imap to a client on a PC
> * via Horde/Imp
>
> Obviously, the users have shell access to the Linux machine (eg. to run
> their own programs, TeX, Mathematica, etc).  This means that they often
> have hundreds for files in their account.
>
> Note that most people use a combination of at least 2 of these methods
> and frequently all 3.  Ie. when they are in their office, they may use
> Outlook Express using Imap; when already logged on
>
> The problem we've run into is getting Imp to find the proper email
> folders.  Originally we had it looking at the user's home directory so
> that it could find the folders created by Outlook Express (et.al.) -
> namely the "Sent Items" and "Drafts" folders (plus any other folders the
> users created on their own).
>
> But this caused HUGE degredation of performance for Imp - often causing
> Imp to take upwards of 20 minutes (on an otherwise idle dual-processor
> machine) just to open a message.
>
> So we told Imp to look in the ~/mail directory for folders (very nice
> for the pine users).  But now Imp can't find the OE folders.

Sounds like you need to configure your Outlook clients to look in ~/mail
as well...  :)

	Andy