Re: problem in connecting to Exchange 2007

[Yair Friedman <yif@iskoot.com>]

On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 16:29:19 +0300, 
Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> writes:

> Yair Friedman <yif@iskoot.com> writes:
>
>> On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 12:05:03 +0300,
>> Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> writes:
>>
>>> Yair Friedman <yif@iskoot.com> writes:
>>> As far as I can tell, the server is simply buggy, there is nothing wrong
>>> with the simple command:
>>>
>>> 50 FETCH 1,* UID
>>>
>>> to which the server responds (in several mailboxes):
>>>
>>> 50 BAD The specified message set is invalid.
>>>
>>> I suggest debugging the server further, possibly report it as a bug, or
>>> change to some other software.
>>
>> This is Microsoft Exchange we're talking about... The server is out of
>> my control, The only software I can change is the client :(
>> Thunderbird seems to be working fine.
>>
>> Is there any way we can try and bypass this?
>
> Not trivially, you'll have to rewrite parts of (nn)imap.el after
> experimenting with what the server supports.  It may be difficult, and I
> suspect that if one command doesn't work, others will work poorly as
> well...  Sorry.
>
> It would be useful to know if anyone else has ever seen this.
>
> /Simon

I suspect it would be a problem for those poor of us who are forced to
use Exchange as this version would become more popular in the corporate
world.

The only other reference to such a problem I found is this Message-ID:
<m0hcpu1n3s.fsf@bar.nemo-project.org>

I am willing to help in any necessary testing, but my elisp writing
skills are not too good, and my IMAP protocol knowledge is non-existent.

Would tracing what Thunderbird do can help? Or do you find the usage
patterns too far away?

Thanks for any help you can offer.

Yair