Topic: OUTLOOK & OUTLOOK Express IMAP Timeouts

[dilligaf]

Hi, I originally posted this here:
http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=31486.0

Hi,
Since I posted this, I kept looking for a solution that was related to outlook. I have tried all things that looked like they made sense, no change.
Today I set up the same acct using Outlook Express and have exact same issues delays, timeouts etc.
So, I changed the acct to POP instead of IMAP and it is a ROCKET, not one hicup, no issue.

I really wanted to make this work reliably with IMAP, and OUTLOOK2003.
I am more than happy to pay for a sure fix solution to this issue if one exists, before I go and redo all the accounts on the PC's.

[mapangojoe]

Hi, I originally posted this here:
http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=31486.0

Hi,
Since I posted this, I kept looking for a solution that was related to outlook. I have tried all things that looked like they made sense, no change.
Today I set up the same acct using Outlook Express and have exact same issues delays, timeouts etc.
So, I changed the acct to POP instead of IMAP and it is a ROCKET, not one hicup, no issue.

I really wanted to make this work reliably with IMAP, and OUTLOOK2003.
I am more than happy to pay for a sure fix solution to this issue if one exists, before I go and redo all the accounts on the PC's.

Can you tell me how many people are connecting and using IMAP at the same time.  There is a Qmail IMAP server setting that limits concurrent connections to 25 (If I am correct).  Let me know more and I'll try to help.

At our office I hade a problem that sounds the same.  I posted and received some help, but I was not able to fix it.  I ended up hiring a Qmail consultant (&150 and hour, 2 hours minimum).  He fixed it in minutes, I had completely overlooked the problem.  

Chris Curtis

[dilligaf]

Hi, I originally posted this here:
http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=31486.0

Hi,
Since I posted this, I kept looking for a solution that was related to outlook. I have tried all things that looked like they made sense, no change.
Today I set up the same acct using Outlook Express and have exact same issues delays, timeouts etc.
So, I changed the acct to POP instead of IMAP and it is a ROCKET, not one hicup, no issue.

I really wanted to make this work reliably with IMAP, and OUTLOOK2003.
I am more than happy to pay for a sure fix solution to this issue if one exists, before I go and redo all the accounts on the PC's.

Can you tell me how many people are connecting and using IMAP at the same time.  There is a Qmail IMAP server setting that limits concurrent connections to 25 (If I am correct).  Let me know more and I'll try to help.

At our office I hade a problem that sounds the same.  I posted and received some help, but I was not able to fix it.  I ended up hiring a Qmail consultant (&150 and hour, 2 hours minimum).  He fixed it in minutes, I had completely overlooked the problem.  

Chris Curtis

Hi Chris,
As per the original post I did the concurrent connection adjustment:
Hi,
SMEServer 6.0.1, 3.0GHZ CPU / 2GB RAM / 30 users in two different buildings.
OUTLOOK 2003 is timing out.
Searched the forums and applied the suggested fis:
/sbin/e-smith/config setprop imap ConcurrencyLimit 200
/etc/e-smith/events/actions/imap-conf
svc -t imap (or svc -t /service/imap)
Dan

[mapangojoe]

Hello Dan.  It looks like you did what I tried before.  I remember the consultant telling me I had almost completed the adjustment, but I had not completed it somehow.  I'm racking my brain trying to remember what he did to actually get it to work.  

BTW, I have twice the number of people and 1/3 the server you have.  Now that IMAP is working correctly, the server just idles along.  I will search for more info.  I can also forward the consultant info if you like.

I DO remember that the IMAP logs reflected that the concurrency limit did NOT get corrected when I tried it, again there was some other "command" that Qmail needed to get things going.

Chris Curtis

Hi, I originally posted this here:
http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=31486.0

Hi,
Since I posted this, I kept looking for a solution that was related to outlook. I have tried all things that looked like they made sense, no change.
Today I set up the same acct using Outlook Express and have exact same issues delays, timeouts etc.
So, I changed the acct to POP instead of IMAP and it is a ROCKET, not one hicup, no issue.

I really wanted to make this work reliably with IMAP, and OUTLOOK2003.
I am more than happy to pay for a sure fix solution to this issue if one exists, before I go and redo all the accounts on the PC's.

Can you tell me how many people are connecting and using IMAP at the same time.  There is a Qmail IMAP server setting that limits concurrent connections to 25 (If I am correct).  Let me know more and I'll try to help.

At our office I hade a problem that sounds the same.  I posted and received some help, but I was not able to fix it.  I ended up hiring a Qmail consultant (&150 and hour, 2 hours minimum).  He fixed it in minutes, I had completely overlooked the problem.  

Chris Curtis

Hi Chris,
As per the original post I did the concurrent connection adjustment:
Hi,
SMEServer 6.0.1, 3.0GHZ CPU / 2GB RAM / 30 users in two different buildings.
OUTLOOK 2003 is timing out.
Searched the forums and applied the suggested fis:
/sbin/e-smith/config setprop imap ConcurrencyLimit 200
/etc/e-smith/events/actions/imap-conf
svc -t imap (or svc -t /service/imap)
Dan

[dilligaf]

Hello Dan.  It looks like you did what I tried before.  I remember the consultant telling me I had almost completed the adjustment, but I had not completed it somehow.  I'm racking my brain trying to remember what he did to actually get it to work.  

BTW, I have twice the number of people and 1/3 the server you have.  Now that IMAP is working correctly, the server just idles along.  I will search for more info.  I can also forward the consultant info if you like.

I DO remember that the IMAP logs reflected that the concurrency limit did NOT get corrected when I tried it, again there was some other "command" that Qmail needed to get things going.

Chris Curtis

Hi, I originally posted this here:
http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=31486.0

Hi,
Since I posted this, I kept looking for a solution that was related to outlook. I have tried all things that looked like they made sense, no change.
Today I set up the same acct using Outlook Express and have exact same issues delays, timeouts etc.
So, I changed the acct to POP instead of IMAP and it is a ROCKET, not one hicup, no issue.

I really wanted to make this work reliably with IMAP, and OUTLOOK2003.
I am more than happy to pay for a sure fix solution to this issue if one exists, before I go and redo all the accounts on the PC's.

Can you tell me how many people are connecting and using IMAP at the same time.  There is a Qmail IMAP server setting that limits concurrent connections to 25 (If I am correct).  Let me know more and I'll try to help.

At our office I hade a problem that sounds the same.  I posted and received some help, but I was not able to fix it.  I ended up hiring a Qmail consultant (&150 and hour, 2 hours minimum).  He fixed it in minutes, I had completely overlooked the problem.  

Chris Curtis

Hi Chris,
As per the original post I did the concurrent connection adjustment:
Hi,
SMEServer 6.0.1, 3.0GHZ CPU / 2GB RAM / 30 users in two different buildings.
OUTLOOK 2003 is timing out.
Searched the forums and applied the suggested fis:
/sbin/e-smith/config setprop imap ConcurrencyLimit 200
/etc/e-smith/events/actions/imap-conf
svc -t imap (or svc -t /service/imap)
Dan

This is really bizaar. For the better part of the afternoon, no time outs.
Then all of a sudden, major timeouts.
It is so inconsistent - hit-miss.

[dilligaf]

And no more problems.
Did not change a thing on the server, just put all outlook client accts as POP, instead of the IMAP, things are much faster, smoother, and no timeouts.