Andre Courchesne wrote:
> I would like to know user's opinion on the stability of
> IMAP vs POP/SMTP for sending and receivint e-mail to and from
> an SME acting as a gateway.
Perfect stability for me, all through the 5 series and now on 6b3.
Tens of thousands of emails, numerous folders, multiple users via LAN & 'net using MS Outlook 2000, MS Outlook 2002, MS Outlook Express 5, MS Outlook Express 6, Mozilla on multiple platforms, MacOS X Mail.app, Mac Entourage, plus who-knows-what-else along with Web mail.
All happy, all report no problems.
Biggest folder I know of is my spam folder (for training filters) kept pruned at about 5K messages. All served fine off of a lowly PII/200MHz/128MB also doing light Samba duty.
> I have experiences sporadic hang using MS-OUtlook 2000 and
> IMAP. Is this common?
Not in my experience.
Make sure OL is set up properly. If OL was originally installed CM the converted to IMO it is best to remove & re-install. Turn off add-ins that aren't relevant too; don't need Exchange suppport in IMO for instance.
Personally I use OL2002 (XP) with the free SpamBayes add-in, a complex set of sorting rules for automagically sorting incoming emails off of one IMAP server into sub-folders on my local IMAP server, all with Norton AntiVirus 2002 in the chain. Again, runs fine.
If you're having OL problems take a look on
http://slipstick.com, great resource for Exchange/Outlook news and tools.
BTW, folks use POP3/SMTP or IMAP4/SMTP, nobody uses IMAP for outgoing emails.
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