OL2000: (IMO) Using an IMAP Server with
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The information in this article applies
to:
NOTE: These procedures only apply if
you have installed Outlook with the Internet Mail Only option. To determine
your installation type, on the Help menu, click About Microsoft
Outlook. In About Microsoft Outlook, you should see "Internet Mail
Only" if you have the Internet Mail Only option installed.
For
information about differences between Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook
Express e-mail clients, click the article number below to view the article in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q257824
OL2000: Differences Between Outlook and Outlook Express
SUMMARY
Microsoft Outlook 2000 supports the Internet Mail
Access Protocol 4 (IMAP). This open Internet e-mail standard uses server-based
mail storage. Because its storage is server-based, there are differences
between it and other e-mail protocols. The following are the major differences.
MORE INFORMATION
No Non-Mail Folders Can Be Stored on an IMAP
ServerDue to limitations of the IMAP protocol, as well as for efficiency
and interoperability concerns, Outlook does not allow non-mail folder storage
on an IMAP server.
No Mail "Special Folder" Can Be Stored on the IMAP
ServerYour Sent Items, Drafts, and Deleted Items folders cannot reside on
an IMAP server. Outlook requires that all special folders exist in the default
store. IMAP cannot act as the default store because it cannot contain the
non-mail special folders.
You can simulate a server-side Sent Items
folder by creating a rule in Rules Wizard that copies all outgoing mail to the
IMAP folder of your choice. There is no workaround for Drafts and Deleted
Items.
Different Deletion ModelDeletion works through
marking items for deletion and then purging all items marked for deletion in a
given folder. There is no Deleted Items folder because moving an item in IMAP
is inefficient; the source item is not immediately deleted due to the two-phase
deletion model. This requires that you double the storage requirement for that
message.
Unable to Start Outlook in the IMAP InboxEven if
you use only IMAP accounts, or your IMAP account is set as your default mail
account, Outlook will still launch into a POP3 inbox, the Inbox of your default
store. This is because IMAP cannot act as the default store.
As a
possible workaround, you can create a shortcut to the Inbox of the IMAP store
on your desktop, and start Outlook from this shortcut.
Outlook Today Does Not Display Information for Your
IMAP InboxEven if you use only IMAP accounts, or your IMAP account is set
as your default mail account, Outlook Today will only show the unread count
from your POP3 Inbox, the Inbox of your default store. This is because IMAP
cannot act as the default store.
New Mail NotificationsYou will get a new mail
notification only if you have a persistent connection to the IMAP server. If
you are using a dial-up connection to retrieve e-mail from the IMAP store, you
will not receive a sound, the pointer will not change briefly, and the envelope
icon will not appear in the system tray.
Net Folders Do Not Function with IMAPThe Net
Folders component depends upon the Rules Wizard and therefore will not function
when used with an IMAP mail server.
Contact Linking Does not Function with IMAPIn
Outlook, Contacts can contain activity information such as mail received from a
particular contact. This type of activity tracking cannot be linked to an IMAP
store. To work around this, use the Rules Wizard to create a rule that moves
all incoming mail from the IMAP inbox to the inbox of the Personal Folder.
Activity tracking can then be based on this Inbox.
REFERENCES
For additional information on using IMAP, click the
article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q197645
OL2000: (IMO) Configuring Outlook to Receive Mail from IMAP Server
For additional information on switching Outlook installations
after using IMAP, click the article number below to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q195430
OL2000: Switch from IMO to CW Does Not Transfer Account
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