Topic: Imp, Mail, Outlook

[Steve..]

Hi All,

        I have a problem where i keep getting duplicate emails from my 5.6 box. The scenario is that if i open outlook on my PC and fetch my mail it all comes in, i can do a send and recieve for the next hour and i will only get new messages, but if i then go into IMP (Webmail) and then log out then go back to outlook whether it has been left open or been closed i will get all the emails that i have recieved already all over again.

Can anyone point me in the right direction as to where to look to maybe cure this problem.

Thanks for any help.

Steve M.

[Dan Brown]

Sounds like you're using POP.  Don't.  Use IMAP instead.

[Steve..]

So what has changed. version 5.5 was no problem at all. I have only had this since installing 5.6.

I will try IMap.

Thanks for the quick reply
Steve.

[Dan Brown]

Well, what's changed is the IMAP server (which also handles POP).  The new version has fixed some bugs (like changing the timestamp on messages when you move them), and broken some other things, possibly including the behavior you mention.  I'd send it to bugs@e-smith.com.

[Steve..]

Hi Dan,

         Thanks for the info. never played with Imap so i am in unchartered waters still can't be to difficult .
I will also send this to bugs@e-smith.com.

Thanks.

Steve M.

[Patrick]

Speaking as one who has run Pop3 for over a year with Outlook.
Outlook imports then deletes the e-mail from the server.
If you open webmail first but don't delete the mail you have read,
outlook will import the mail as unread. To get around this behavior,
all you need to do is create a folder in webmail to move your read mail into
before you logout. Simple, no?