I've seen this problem several times before with Outlook Express and Outlook; haven't seen it with any other MUA.
I don't know the root of the problem, however I suspect it's something to do with Outlook/Express's function of being able to leave mail on the server & delete it from the server when it's deleted from the Outlook/Express trash can. Seems OE is able to tell if a message on the server is new or previously read, however at times it refuses to download messages that are waiting on the server. My advice is drop OE & get something that works & is more secure. Try Pegasus; it does plenty that OE can't, will download all your mail, & won't leave you with a trashed system or other damage due to viruses in your mail. Adrian Hicks On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 02:17, Davide Libenzi wrote: > > On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, Matic wrote: > > > I have a problem with some clients (2 different organizations (domains), 3 > > different machines, all brand new) who are using Outlook Express 6. The > > problem is that OE6 doesn't fetch all the mails. Althought the mail is in > > the XMail's mailbox dir, OE6 dosn't fetch it. I've checked the mail rules > > and there isn't any rule which could influence this and the account is setup > > to delete the mail from the server. Mail in the XMail directory is old over > > a month. > > > > When I set up another OE6 on another machine it correctly fetched all the > > mails, so the reason for not fetching the mail is not bad mail format (as I > > thought it isn't). > > In my opinion there is only one possibility to this behaviuor: OE6 has > > somehow messed up it's mail UID database. > > > > But just to be safe, question for you Davide: > > 1. How does XMail generate UID's for the mail? > > 2. Can any mail have the same UID if the time is changed? (I have a 15 min > > interval for synchonization with time server.) > > UID are absolutely uniq, not only in your machine, but worldwide ( at > least if someone does not set same host names ). no a UID does not change > once the message goes inside the mailbox. > > > > - Davide > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses.] > -- MIS Project Manager Auston International Pte Ltd 45 Middle Rd #01-00 Auston Unicentre Singapore 188954 Tel: 6339 4800 ext. 229 Fax: 6339 7600 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
