IMAP address change forces re-download of everything

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Wim Melis

Hi all,

After upgrading to Office 2004 an annoying bug came up that wasn't there in
Office X:

if you change the IMAP address in the account settings (either manually or
via an Applescript), all messages and folders are deleted from the cache,
and a new set is being downloaded.

I access my IMAP mail with a Powerbook from two locations: inside the office
(10.0.0.x IP) and on the road (outside IP). I had a little Applescript that
changes the IP in the account settings depending on my location. Alas,
that's become useless, this re-download of everything is much too
timeconsuming.

Any ideas how to solve this?

Thanks,
Wim
 
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Corentin Cras-Méneur

Wim Melis said:
Hi all,
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Hi Wim,
After upgrading to Office 2004 an annoying bug came up that wasn't there in
Office X:

if you change the IMAP address in the account settings (either manually or
via an Applescript), all messages and folders are deleted from the cache,
and a new set is being downloaded.
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Yep. The same thing goes with Exchange. Entourage considers the local
data as cache and doesn't carry it over another server if you change
your settings. Somehow, it makes sense to me (they want to avoid people
using the cache of a server with another one that might be completely
unrelated), but I also understand that it is a bit painful in your case.
I access my IMAP mail with a Powerbook from two locations: inside the office
(10.0.0.x IP) and on the road (outside IP). I had a little Applescript that
changes the IP in the account settings depending on my location. Alas,
that's become useless, this re-download of everything is much too
timeconsuming.

Any ideas how to solve this?
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What about creating two accounts: 1 on site and 1 when you are away ??

Corentin
 
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