From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/64783 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Yair Friedman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: problem in connecting to Exchange 2007 Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:46:18 +0300 Message-ID: <87abvbesat.fsf@yair.iskoot.com> References: <87bqfuwy8p.fsf@yair.iskoot.com> <873b143zk0.fsf@mocca.josefsson.org> <87ejkodlan.fsf@yair.iskoot.com> <87odjrao5s.fsf@mocca.josefsson.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1181227816 25701 80.91.229.12 (7 Jun 2007 14:50:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 14:50:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: usenet6@mevik.net (=?utf-8?Q?Bj=C3=B8rn-Helge?= Mevik) To: Gnus Mailing List Original-X-From: ding-owner+M13294@lists.math.uh.edu Thu Jun 07 16:50:14 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HwJJO-0001il-Fu for ding-account@gmane.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:50:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HwJIh-0005or-JN; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:49:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HwJIf-0005oU-Jq for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:49:21 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1HwJIe-0007EJ-AJ for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:49:21 -0500 Original-Received: from out002.atlarge.net ([129.41.63.60]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1HwJId-000218-00 for ; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:49:19 +0200 Original-Received: from CHI1SIMR001.atlarge.net ([10.100.60.26]) by out002.atlarge.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Thu, 7 Jun 2007 09:45:11 -0500 Original-Received: from yair.iskoot.com ([212.199.144.30]) by CHI1SIMR001.atlarge.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Thu, 7 Jun 2007 09:42:45 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87odjrao5s.fsf@mocca.josefsson.org> (Simon Josefsson's message of "Thu, 7 Jun 2007 16:29:19 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/23.0.0 (gnu/linux) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Jun 2007 14:42:45.0232 (UTC) FILETIME=[1C47C700:01C7A912] X-Spam-Score: -2.5 (--) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:64783 Archived-At: On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 16:29:19 +0300, Simon Josefsson writes: > Yair Friedman writes: > >> On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 12:05:03 +0300, >> Simon Josefsson writes: >> >>> Yair Friedman 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: 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