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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) |