[MlMt] mailMate unusable due to server error messages/dialog windows

[Benny Kjær Nielsen]

On 26 Oct 2013, at 1:40, Jason Davies wrote:

> On 26 Oct 2013, at 0:38, Jason Davies wrote:
>
>> Given how these have suddenly appeared all day, should I suspect some 
>> kind of corruption on the account? (I guess that means downloading 
>> them locally, clearing it out then putting it back? How does one fix 
>> an IMAP account?)
>
> PS I'm also now getting a lot of
>
> A3 BAD Command received in Invalid state.”.”.

Ok, this is where a log file would be useful such that I can see whether 
the server or MailMate is to blame (and in both cases try to do 
something about it).

> Please do tell me if it becomes obvious this is not MailMate but our 
> ever-flakey server set-up and I'll go off and start trying to fix all 
> that separately...

If you must use Exchange then I recently became aware that the Dovecot 
IMAP server can function as a proxy for an Exchange server. This would 
make an Exchange server work with any IMAP email client. It sounds 
perfect that one can hide a buggy server behind a stellar IMAP server 
such as Dovecot, but I don't know anyone who has tried it out. I guess 
it might even work with IMAP keywords (which are not supported by 
Exchange other than a few standard ones).

Aalto University use case: http://www.dovecot.fi/dovecot-project/
Dovecot “documentation”: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/ImapcProxy

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Benny
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