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Re: Weird IMAP issue



At Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:07:48 +0530,
Deepak Tripathi wrote:
> 3 uid search uid 1,* undeleted
> 3 BAD The specified message set is invalid.
> 3 uid search uid 1:*
> 3 NO Server Unavailable. 15
> 3 uid search uid 1:* undeleted
> 3 NO Server Unavailable. 15
> * BYE Connection closed. 14

There are two distinct (but maybe related) problems indicated in this
dialog:

> 3 uid search uid 1,* undeleted
> 3 BAD The specified message set is invalid.

Exchange considers 1,* an invalid message set

> 3 uid search uid 1:*
> 3 NO Server Unavailable. 15

Exchange is fine with 1:* but there is a server failure.

A quick search for the NO server reply shows that this seems indeed to
be a problem with Exchange:

http://iss.leeds.ac.uk/info/252/email/656/known_issues_with_imap_access_to_staff_email
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-GB/exchange2010/thread/8a892b61-8c59-4008-a283-99de65ae56ad
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=2068757

@Deepak: Maybe it's a good idea to contact the Exchange admins and
report the problem with the "NO"-Reply.

HTH,
  -- David
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