IMAP in Outlook Express - using SUB-folders as special folders
Servers such as Gmail require you to use a slash ("\") in the path of the special folders.
Alas, OE doesn't accep slashes in the special folders. Some articles about Windows Live state using "#" instead (e.g. "[Gmail]#Drafts") but (at least in OE) it just creates an actual folder called that name.
One working but VERY bad solution is fixing just the symptom. That is, defining "[Gmail]" as the root folder. This avoids the symptom by turning the sub-folders into regular folders. It's bad not just because it bypasses the actual problem, but because it means losing access to each and every custom Gmail folder! It's better off disabling special folders than agreeing to this.
So how can you deal with the real issue and just use sub-folders?
Thanks!
March 24th, 2010 2:33pm
Were this problem mine, I'd be posing it to the people who run the gmail server. I would think you'd need information on what the server expects to know what to enter into Outlook Express.Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
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March 24th, 2010 6:03pm
Gmail can rightfully claim it's not business. Must they not use slashes because Microsoft dictated OE wouldn't accept slashes? This is a Microsoft issue if there ever was one. Saying otherwise is like blaming Gmail for requiring an Internet connection.
With that said, for the record the question was also asked in Gmail's place...
So let's get back on topic and figure out if there's another way but slashes to make OE use sub-folders.
March 24th, 2010 8:20pm
I'm not "blaming" gmail. I'm saying that unless you know what the server expects, obviously you can't configure the client to work properly, even in the event that it is possible.Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
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March 24th, 2010 9:53pm
Gmail provides sub-folders. The other side can use them or don't use them. A standard program just uses slashes in order to access sub-folders. It's not supposed to be an issue.
Gmail was just a random example, nothing more. So forget Gmail. The one and only question still is - how can OE access sub-folders - any sub-folders - without allowing to use slashes?
March 25th, 2010 12:37am