[imp] Problem with mail stores...

[Jon Parise]

On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 11:19:24AM +1030, Richard Russell wrote:

> Anyway, the problem is like this: I have IMP set up on server A, using
> IMAP and SMTP on server B. Server B also runs POP3 (and IMAP) for LAN
> users. People use their laptops on the LAN, using POP (or IMAP) and
> outlook, and mail comes to their account on Server B and is usually
> downloaded to their laptop and deleted from the server. They then take
> their laptops home, interstate or overseas, and read mail using IMP
> over the web on server A. (remember, This uses IMAP on server B). They
> don't delete their mail in IMP, so the mail is (assumedly) still on
> Server B. However, when they return to the office, and log onto the
> LAN, they can't see any of this email in their POP account...
> 
> Is this an IMP problem or an IMAP/POP problem? Does IMP use its own
> message store, or the IMAP store?
 
I'm not entirely sure what's happening here, but I can say for
sure that IMP only uses the IMAP store.

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Jon Parise (jon@csh.rit.edu)  .  Information Technology (2001)
http://www.csh.rit.edu/~jon/  :  Computer Science House Member