I'm running Outlook 2007. It seams to support the IMAP protocol reasonably
well. However, I can't figure out how to move messages between folders when
I'm offline (it gives an error message saying I can't, see below). This same
operation works fine in MS Windows Mail (the equivalent of Outlook Express
that ships with Windows Vista) and Mozilla Thunderbird. It's clearly not a
limitation of IMAP.

I can download messages and read and delete them when I'm offline. I just
can't move them between folders unless I'm online. Since Outlook
synchronizes any changes to a folder when it reconnects to the IMAP server,
and since I can read the messages in the folders, it obviously has the
technology to do this. What am I missing?

As things are now, I can't process my mail when I'm offline - I need to read
and file every message to clear out my Inbox. If I can't do that, I can't
keep my work life organized. This all works just fine when working I'm
online. But, as many of you know, while sitting on a plane, it's a great
time to process e-mail and there's no chance of working in online mode
midflight. For similar reasons, I would prefer to use Outlook to Windows
Mail or Thunderbird - I want to flag messages as To Do's, and perform other
functions that require the messages to be in Outlook.

Thanks for any help,
Colin

Error Messages
If I set Outlook to Offline mode (note I am not trying to move the folder,
just an individual message):
Cannot move the items. The folder 'Inbox' cannot be selected. This may be
because of a limitation of your IMAP server or the folder may have been
deleted or moved.

If I leave Outlook in Online mode, but just physically sever it from the
network: