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Obsolete Releases => SME Server 7.x => Topic started by: aleph on October 29, 2008, 11:16:33 PM

Title: how to copy outgoing mail from pop3 client to server for access by imap client
Post by: aleph on October 29, 2008, 11:16:33 PM

A user in the office accesses and send mail to and from an SME server using a pop3 client (Outlook Express).  This mail client is configured so as to keep all incoming mail on the server.  So all mail can in turn be accessed by an IMAP client, i.e. a laptop when on the road.

Unfortunately, all outgoing mails from the office are kept on the office PC (i.e. in Outlook Express) and these outgoing mails are not accessible with the IMAP client on the road.  Is is possible to have all outgoing mails from the POP3 client copied automatically on the server so as to be accessible to the IPAP client later on when the user is on the road with his laptop?

Thanks for assistance.

Title: Re: how to copy outgoing mail from pop3 client to server for access by imap client
Post by: CharlieBrady on October 30, 2008, 12:06:21 AM

Why make things hard for yourself? Stop using POP3, and use IMAP exclusively. If you want to keep copies of outbound mail, then that is purely a matter of mail client configuration. You will need to configure them all to store in an IMAP folder. It's traditional to have a folder called Sent, or Sent-mail or Sent-items.

http://help.wugnet.com/office/Mail-IMAP-Folders-ftopict1151951.html

The server can't do this for you. Mail is sent using SMTP, and the SMTP server (qpsmtpd) doesn't have permission to access user mail folders.

Title: Re: how to copy outgoing mail from pop3 client to server for access by imap client
Post by: chris burnat on October 30, 2008, 02:02:24 AM

Thank you for fast reply, moving to IMAP client is the way to go.  Thanks.