How does the subscription information work on IMAP folders?

Is the information stored locally in the client or is it stored on the imap
server?

I ask because I have two instances of Outlook connecting to the same imap
server. One change in the subscribed folders on one outlook, will
eventually propogate to the second outlook client.

Should this be happening? If so, Is it an outlook issue or is it a server
issue?

Thanks.

its stored on the server with every IMAP acct I've ever used.

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"ChinaLamb" wrote in message
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How does the subscription information work on IMAP folders?

Is the information stored locally in the client or is it stored on the
imap server?

I ask because I have two instances of Outlook connecting to the same imap
server. One change in the subscribed folders on one outlook, will
eventually propogate to the second outlook client.

Should this be happening? If so, Is it an outlook issue or is it a server
issue?

Thanks.

Is it possible to have two different clients to have two different
subscriptions to the folders, or should all clients have the same
subscription?

Is there a specific imap specification for this somewhere?


"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
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its stored on the server with every IMAP acct I've ever used.


"ChinaLamb" wrote in message
...
How does the subscription information work on IMAP folders?

Is the information stored locally in the client or is it stored on the
imap server?

I ask because I have two instances of Outlook connecting to the same imap
server. One change in the subscribed folders on one outlook, will
eventually propogate to the second outlook client.

Should this be happening? If so, Is it an outlook issue or is it a
server issue?

Thanks.

ChinaLamb wrote:

Is it possible to have two different clients to have two different
subscriptions to the folders, or should all clients have the same
subscription?

While I would expect each client to be able to have its own subscription
setting, I've seen postings that state that changing the subscription list
on one client changes it on another. I haven't checked that myself, but I
don't doubt the observations posted by others.

Is there a specific imap specification for this somewhere?

Subscriptions for IMAP folders aren't well-explained anywhere that I've
seen. My own sense is that by subscribing to a folder, you tell Outlook to
synchronize those folders during each send/receive and download their
contents to the local cache. You can use your subscriptions to control
which folders are visible in the Outlook folder list.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

You might want to read the IMAP spec, its all in there (somewhere) :
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3501.html

I'm sure Outlook would conform to the RFC

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TUT

"Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your
foot on first." -- Frederick Wilcox

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"ChinaLamb" wrote in message
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How does the subscription information work on IMAP folders?

Is the information stored locally in the client or is it stored on the
imap server?

I ask because I have two instances of Outlook connecting to the same imap
server. One change in the subscribed folders on one outlook, will
eventually propogate to the second outlook client.

Should this be happening? If so, Is it an outlook issue or is it a server
issue?

Thanks.

Urbane Tiger wrote:

You might want to read the IMAP spec, its all in there (somewhere) :
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3501.html

I'm sure Outlook would conform to the RFC

I'm not.

Excellent. Thanks for this site!


"Urbane Tiger" wrote in message
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You might want to read the IMAP spec, its all in there (somewhere) :
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3501.html

I'm sure Outlook would conform to the RFC

--
TUT

"Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your
foot on first." -- Frederick Wilcox

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"ChinaLamb" wrote in message
...
How does the subscription information work on IMAP folders?

Is the information stored locally in the client or is it stored on the
imap server?

I ask because I have two instances of Outlook connecting to the same imap
server. One change in the subscribed folders on one outlook, will
eventually propogate to the second outlook client.

Should this be happening? If so, Is it an outlook issue or is it a
server issue?

Thanks.