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+Client issues and configuration
+===============================
+
+It seems to be quite difficult to implement a working IMAP client. Best
+Practices for Implementing an IMAP Client
+[http://www.imapwiki.org/ClientImplementation] tries to help you with it.
+
+Contents
+
+
+ 1. Client issues and configuration
+
+ 1. Apple Mail.app
+
+ 2. Outlook
+
+ 3. Outlook Express 6
+
+ 4. Netscape Mail
+
+ 5. Evolution
+
+ 6. Mulberry
+
+ 7. Claws-mail
+
+ 8. Thunderbird
+
+ 9. Mutt
+
+ 10. Pine
+
+ 11. SquirrelMail
+
+ 12. Horde IMP
+
+ 13. RoundCube Webmail
+
+ 14. @Mail Webmail
+
+ 15. RainLoop Webmail
+
+Apple Mail.app
+--------------
+
+On Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 Mail.app appears to support subscribe/unsubscribe by
+right clicking on a mailbox, selecting 'Get Account Info' and selecting
+'Subscription List' from tabs. This however doesn't really work with any IMAP
+server.
+
+Apple Mail 3.6 (that comes with OS X 10.5 Leopard) supports
+subscribing/unsubscribing to folders in the public namespace.
+
+Outlook
+-------
+
+ * You should enable 'outlook-no-nuls' workaround with POP3.
+ * Outlook 2003 has problems with older Dovecot's default POP3 UIDL format,
+ which causes it to download the same mails over and over again if "leave
+ mails to server" option is enabled. See 'pop3_uidl_format' setting.
+ * Outlook might not hide or purge deleted items by default. Microsoft has a
+ how-to that shows how to fix this
+ [http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HP100804201033.aspx] (Outlook
+ 2007, not Outlook 2003).
+ * If some Outlook users don't see new or sent mails in the appropriate folders
+ after a migration from UW IMAPd even if they are visible in other clients
+ (e.g. Roundcube, Thunderbird, or on the disk itself), and you get the error
+ message "BAD Error in IMAP command UID: Invalid UID messageset" in the log
+ or rawlog: It helps to remove the problematic IMAP account completely from
+ Outlook and recreating it again there. It speaks a different IMAP
+ afterwards, so there are reasons to believe it caches the details of some
+ server on the first connect and doesn't refresh them even if you change the
+ server's hostname in the account settings.
+
+Outlook Express 6
+-----------------
+
+ * Using "Headers only" synchronization is buggy and can cause "Message is no
+ longer available on this server" error when opening a mail. This isn't
+ Dovecot specific problem, and I'm not aware of any possible workarounds at
+ the moment for this in server side.
+ * You should enable 'delay-newmail' workarounds for IMAP.
+ * You should enable 'outlook-no-nuls' and 'oe-ns-eoh' workarounds for POP3.
+
+Netscape Mail
+-------------
+
+I'm not actually sure what version exactly this refers to.
+
+ * You should enable 'oe-ns-eoh' workaround for POP3.
+
+Evolution
+---------
+
+ * Some versions don't support creating subfolders with mbox format. Evolution
+ in Ubuntu Gutsy, 2.12.0-0ubuntu5, does support creating subfolders, at least
+ when the parent folder is empty.
+
+Mulberry
+--------
+
+Seems to be OK.
+
+Claws-mail
+----------
+
+Everything works perfectly with Dovecot.
+
+Thunderbird
+-----------
+
+ * If you're using <mbox> [MailboxFormat.mbox.txt], <dbox>
+ [MailboxFormat.dbox.txt] or <Maildir> [MailLocation.Maildir.txt] with
+ ':LAYOUT=fs' ,
+ * You should enable 'tb-extra-mailbox-sep' workaround for IMAP. Bug report
+ [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29926].
+ * If you're using <mbox> [MailboxFormat.mbox.txt]:
+ * If you are not using a technique to allow folders that contain both
+ sub-folders and messages (e.g. see <MboxChildFolders.txt>) then you will
+ have to disable "Server supports folders that contain sub-folders and
+ messages" setting from Thunderbird.Enhancement request
+ [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=284933].
+ * Versions of Thunderbird from at least 17 (possibly earlier) up to 24.0
+ display incorrect new mail counts in the New Mail notification box. This is
+ due to a bug in Thunderbird's handling of the CONDSTORE extension. See Bug
+ Report [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=885220] for details and
+ a client-side workaround.
+
+Mutt
+----
+
+ * New mutt versions supporting IDLE command will hang with Dovecot versions
+ earlier than v1.0beta3. Upgrade Dovecot or disable IDLE by setting
+ imap_idle=no in .muttrc.
+ * <Using mutt with IMAP> [mutt.txt]
+
+Pine
+----
+
+Seems to be OK.
+
+SquirrelMail
+------------
+
+ * Configuration asks IMAP server name for some workarounds. There has been a
+ Dovecot option since 1.4.6 and 1.5.1. For olderSquirrelMail versions, select
+ the "other" option and remove the default INBOX-prefix.
+
+Horde IMP
+---------
+
+Dovecot namespace detection works automatically with any recent version of IMP
+(4.1+).
+
+Quota support is now integrated into the 'imap' driver (as of horde-groupware
+V1.2), an example config of /imp/config/servers.php is:
+
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+$servers['imap'] = array(
+ 'name' => 'IMAP Server',
+ 'server' => 'localhost',
+ 'hordeauth' => false,
+ 'protocol' => 'imap/notls',
+ 'port' => 143,
+ 'quota' => array('driver'=>'imap'),
+);
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+RoundCube Webmail
+-----------------
+
+Works fine.
+
+@Mail Webmail
+-------------
+
+Uses the namespace returned via Dovecot, full support via IMAP/POP3 using @Mail
+[http://atmail.com/]. Can also read mailbox quota via the getquotaroot IMAP
+command.
+
+RainLoop Webmail
+----------------
+
+Works fine.
+
+(This file was created from the wiki on 2019-06-19 12:42)