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Smstmart: /* Trouble using dovecot as IMAP server with OX-HE */

2008-08-13T17:13:33Z

Trouble using dovecot as IMAP server with OX-HE

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	= Trouble using dovecot as IMAP server with OX-HE =		= Trouble using dovecot as IMAP server with OX-HE =
	There might be some trouble using OX-HE in combination with some versions of the dovecot IMAP-Server (we actually use version 1.0.10).		There might be some trouble using OX-HE in combination with some versions of the dovecot IMAP-Server (we actually use version 1.0.10).

			This issue is fixed with the upcoming SP4 version.

	The OX-Server uses two different IMAP commands to get the folder tree of an IMAP account, depending on where to show the tree. While using the 'LIST' command to get and show up the tree in the users' preferences page, it uses the 'LSUB' command when reading the tree for the users' webmail frontend. According to the RFC-3348 an IMAP server vendor MAY implement a CHILDREN extension, implementing the attributes "\HasChildren" and "\HasNoChildren" to ask the server, if there are subfolders in the currently listed one.		The OX-Server uses two different IMAP commands to get the folder tree of an IMAP account, depending on where to show the tree. While using the 'LIST' command to get and show up the tree in the users' preferences page, it uses the 'LSUB' command when reading the tree for the users' webmail frontend. According to the RFC-3348 an IMAP server vendor MAY implement a CHILDREN extension, implementing the attributes "\HasChildren" and "\HasNoChildren" to ask the server, if there are subfolders in the currently listed one.

FastEddy: /* The current solution... */

2008-07-26T12:28:18Z

The current solution...

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	''I reported this issue as Bug 11270 on 2008-05-14 08:37.''		''I reported this issue as Bug 11270 on 2008-05-14 08:37.''

			Meanwhile a patch has been developed by the OpenXchange-Team to provide correct functionality to the OX6/Dovecot-Combination. Have a look at the bug report above. There the patch should be attached.

	== Dovecot Wiki has some information ==		== Dovecot Wiki has some information ==

Jhaprins at 20:42, 17 June 2008

2008-06-17T20:42:32Z

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	''I reported this issue as Bug 11270 on 2008-05-14 08:37.''		''I reported this issue as Bug 11270 on 2008-05-14 08:37.''

			== Dovecot Wiki has some information ==

			The Dovecot Wiki has some information on best practices when implementing a IMAP client. http://www.dovecot.org/imap-client-coding-howto.html
			This same information is also repeated in the imapwiki.
			http://www.imapwiki.org/ClientImplementation

Jhaprins: /* Trouble using dovecot as IMAP server with OX-HE */

2008-06-17T20:37:43Z

Trouble using dovecot as IMAP server with OX-HE

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	= Trouble using dovecot as IMAP server with OX-HE =		= Trouble using dovecot as IMAP server with OX-HE =
	There might be some trouble using OX-HE in combination with some versions of the dovecot IMAP-Server (we actually use version 10.0.10).		There might be some trouble using OX-HE in combination with some versions of the dovecot IMAP-Server (we actually use version 1.0.10).

	The OX-Server uses two different IMAP commands to get the folder tree of an IMAP account, depending on where to show the tree. While using the 'LIST' command to get and show up the tree in the users' preferences page, it uses the 'LSUB' command when reading the tree for the users' webmail frontend. According to the RFC-3348 an IMAP server vendor MAY implement a CHILDREN extension, implementing the attributes "\HasChildren" and "\HasNoChildren" to ask the server, if there are subfolders in the currently listed one.		The OX-Server uses two different IMAP commands to get the folder tree of an IMAP account, depending on where to show the tree. While using the 'LIST' command to get and show up the tree in the users' preferences page, it uses the 'LSUB' command when reading the tree for the users' webmail frontend. According to the RFC-3348 an IMAP server vendor MAY implement a CHILDREN extension, implementing the attributes "\HasChildren" and "\HasNoChildren" to ask the server, if there are subfolders in the currently listed one.
	Some servers - including the version 10.0.10 of dovecot (maybe some more) - do not implement this feature, so the OX webmail frontend will not show up the complete folder structure, but only the main INBOX content (emails).		Some servers - including the version 1.0.10 of dovecot (maybe some more) - do not implement this feature, so the OX webmail frontend will not show up the complete folder structure, but only the main INBOX content (emails).

	So because the IMAP connector of the OX server uses the LSUB command, which retrieves the folder structure by looking up for the "\HasChildren"-Attribute, the OX webclient does not show the folder structure, because dovecot answers with an empty list (see the following example with a telnet session):		So because the IMAP connector of the OX server uses the LSUB command, which retrieves the folder structure by looking up for the "\HasChildren"-Attribute, the OX webclient does not show the folder structure, because dovecot answers with an empty list (see the following example with a telnet session):

FastEddy: /* Trouble using dovecot as IMAP server with OX-HE */

2008-05-14T16:19:03Z

Trouble using dovecot as IMAP server with OX-HE

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	There might be some trouble using OX-HE in combination with some versions of the dovecot IMAP-Server (we actually use version 10.0.10).		There might be some trouble using OX-HE in combination with some versions of the dovecot IMAP-Server (we actually use version 10.0.10).

	The OX-Server uses two different IMAP commands to get the folder tree of an IMAP account, depending on where to show the tree. While using the 'LIST' command to get and show up the tree in the users' preferences page, it uses the 'LSUB' command when reading the tree for the users' webmail frontend. According to the RFC-3348 a IMAP server vendor MAY implement an CHILDREN extension, implementing the attributes "\HasChildren" and "\HasNoChildren" to ask the server, if there are subfolders in the currently listed one.		The OX-Server uses two different IMAP commands to get the folder tree of an IMAP account, depending on where to show the tree. While using the 'LIST' command to get and show up the tree in the users' preferences page, it uses the 'LSUB' command when reading the tree for the users' webmail frontend. According to the RFC-3348 an IMAP server vendor MAY implement a CHILDREN extension, implementing the attributes "\HasChildren" and "\HasNoChildren" to ask the server, if there are subfolders in the currently listed one.
	Some servers - including the version 10.0.10 of dovecot (maybe some more) - do not implement this feature, so the OX webmail frontend will not show up the complete folder structure, but only the main INBOX content (emails).		Some servers - including the version 10.0.10 of dovecot (maybe some more) - do not implement this feature, so the OX webmail frontend will not show up the complete folder structure, but only the main INBOX content (emails).

FastEddy: /* The current solution... */

2008-05-14T06:25:35Z

The current solution...

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	== The current solution... ==		== The current solution... ==
	... is to go into your user preferences and there into the IMAP folder tree onto the INBOX, where you click on the "SAVE" button once to tell the server the status of your folder abonnements again.		... is to go into your user preferences and there into the IMAP folder tree onto the INBOX, where you click on one folder abo (de- and reactivate) and then click the "SAVE" button once to tell the server the status of your folder abonnements again.
			BUT: the settings disappear after logging out and in again.

	''I reported this issue as Bug 11270 on 2008-05-14 08:37.''		''I reported this issue as Bug 11270 on 2008-05-14 08:37.''

FastEddy: /* The current solution... */

2008-05-14T05:58:35Z

The current solution...

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	... is to go into your user preferences and there into the IMAP folder tree onto the INBOX, where you click on the "SAVE" button once to tell the server the status of your folder abonnements again.		... is to go into your user preferences and there into the IMAP folder tree onto the INBOX, where you click on the "SAVE" button once to tell the server the status of your folder abonnements again.

	I reported this issue as Bug 11270 on 2008-05-14 08:37.		''I reported this issue as Bug 11270 on 2008-05-14 08:37.''

FastEddy: /* Best practice... */

2008-05-14T05:57:09Z

Best practice...

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	== ~~Best practice~~... ==		== The current solution... ==
	... ~~might be~~ to ~~use a lesser version of dovecot that implements~~ the ~~needed feature (still to test)~~, ~~but it is NOT~~ to ~~use~~ the ~~latest source to build customized imapd, because it does not work~~.		... is to go into your user preferences and there into the IMAP folder tree onto the INBOX, where you click on the "SAVE" button once to tell the server the status of your folder abonnements again.

			I reported this issue as Bug 11270 on 2008-05-14 08:37.

FastEddy at 13:27, 13 May 2008

2008-05-13T13:27:23Z

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	= Trouble using dovecot as IMAP server with OX-HE =		= Trouble using dovecot as IMAP server with OX-HE =
	There might be some trouble using OX-HE in combination with some versions of the dovecot IMAP-Server (we actually use version 10.0.10)		There might be some trouble using OX-HE in combination with some versions of the dovecot IMAP-Server (we actually use version 10.0.10).

	The OX-Server uses two different IMAP commands to get the folder tree of an IMAP account, depending on where to show the tree. While using the 'LIST' command to get and show up the tree in the users' preferences page, it uses the 'LSUB' command when reading the tree for the users' webmail frontend. According to the RFC-3348 a IMAP server vendor MAY implement an CHILDREN extension, implementing the attributes "\HasChildren" and "\HasNoChildren" to ask the server, if there are subfolders in the currently listed one.		The OX-Server uses two different IMAP commands to get the folder tree of an IMAP account, depending on where to show the tree. While using the 'LIST' command to get and show up the tree in the users' preferences page, it uses the 'LSUB' command when reading the tree for the users' webmail frontend. According to the RFC-3348 a IMAP server vendor MAY implement an CHILDREN extension, implementing the attributes "\HasChildren" and "\HasNoChildren" to ask the server, if there are subfolders in the currently listed one.
	Some servers - including the version 10.0.10 of dovecot (maybe some more) - do not implement this feature, so the OX webmail frontend will not show up the complete folder structure, but only the main INBOX content (emails).		Some servers - including the version 10.0.10 of dovecot (maybe some more) - do not implement this feature, so the OX webmail frontend will not show up the complete folder structure, but only the main INBOX content (emails).

	So because the IMAP connector of the OX server uses the LSUB command, which retrieves the folder structure by looking up for the "\HasChildren"-Attribute, the OX webclient does not show the folder structure, because dovecot answers with an empty list (see the following example with a telnet session):		So because the IMAP connector of the OX server uses the LSUB command, which retrieves the folder structure by looking up for the "\HasChildren"-Attribute, the OX webclient does not show the folder structure, because dovecot answers with an empty list (see the following example with a telnet session):

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	Best practice:		== Best practice... ==
	- might be to use a lesser version of dovecot that implements the needed feature (still to test)		... might be to use a lesser version of dovecot that implements the needed feature (still to test), but it is NOT to use the latest source to build customized imapd, because it does not work.
	- is NOT to use the latest source to build customized imapd, because it does not work

FastEddy at 13:25, 13 May 2008

2008-05-13T13:25:17Z

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	= Trouble using dovecot as IMAP server with OX-HE =		= Trouble using dovecot as IMAP server with OX-HE =
	There might be some trouble using OX-HE in combination with some versions of the dovecot IMAP-Server (we actually use version 10.0.10).		There might be some trouble using OX-HE in combination with some versions of the dovecot IMAP-Server (we actually use version 10.0.10)
	The OX-Server uses two different IMAP commands to get the folder tree of an IMAP account, depending on where to show the tree. While using the 'LIST' command to get and show up the tree in the users' preferences page, it uses the 'LSUB' command when reading the tree for the users' webmail frontend. According to the RFC-3348 a IMAP server vendor MAY implement an CHILDREN extension, implementing the attributes "\HasChildren" and "\HasNoChildren" to ask the server, if there are subfolders in the currently listed one.		The OX-Server uses two different IMAP commands to get the folder tree of an IMAP account, depending on where to show the tree. While using the 'LIST' command to get and show up the tree in the users' preferences page, it uses the 'LSUB' command when reading the tree for the users' webmail frontend. According to the RFC-3348 a IMAP server vendor MAY implement an CHILDREN extension, implementing the attributes "\HasChildren" and "\HasNoChildren" to ask the server, if there are subfolders in the currently listed one.
	Some servers - including the version 10.0.10 of dovecot (maybe some more) - do not implement this feature, so the OX webmail frontend will not show up the complete folder structure, but only the main INBOX content (emails).		Some servers - including the version 10.0.10 of dovecot (maybe some more) - do not implement this feature, so the OX webmail frontend will not show up the complete folder structure, but only the main INBOX content (emails).
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	Best practice:		Best practice:
	- might be to use a lesser version of dovecot that implements the needed feature (still to test)		- might be to use a lesser version of dovecot that implements the needed feature (still to test)

	- is NOT to use the latest source to build customized imapd, because it does not work		- is NOT to use the latest source to build customized imapd, because it does not work