Please Help (3rd Post): Folder Problem with Outlook IMAP

[Colin]

Thanks for any assistance at all on this. I'm very frustrated because this
exact process works fine in any other IMAP client (Windows Mail,
Thunderbird, even Lotus Notes' IMAP client).

I'm running Outlook 2007. It seams to support the IMAP protocol reasonably
well. However, I can't figure out how to move messages between folders when
I'm offline (it gives an error message saying I can't, see next paragraph).
This same
operation works fine in MS Windows Mail (the equivalent of Outlook Express
that ships with Windows Vista) and Mozilla Thunderbird. It's clearly not a
limitation of IMAP.

Error Message
If I set Outlook to Offline mode (note I am not trying to move the folder,
just an individual message that is downloaded to another folder which is
also available offline):
"Cannot move the items. The connection to the server is unavailable. Outlook
must be online or connected to complete this action."

I can download messages and read and delete them when I'm offline. I just
can't move them between folders unless I'm online. Since Outlook
synchronizes any changes to a folder when it reconnects to the IMAP server,
and since I can read the messages in the folders, it obviously has the
technology to do this. What am I missing?

As things are now, I can't process my mail when I'm offline - I need to read
and file every message to clear out my Inbox. If I can't do that, I can't
keep my work life organized. This all works just fine when working I'm
online. But, as many of you know, while sitting on a plane, it's a great
time to process e-mail and there's no chance of working in online mode
midflight. For similar reasons, I would prefer to use Outlook to Windows
Mail or Thunderbird - I want to flag messages as To Do's, and perform other
functions that require the messages to be in Outlook.

Thanks for any help,
Colin

 

[Brian Tillman]

Thanks for any assistance at all on this. I'm very frustrated because
this exact process works fine in any other IMAP client (Windows Mail,
Thunderbird, even Lotus Notes' IMAP client).

Truthfuly, posting a question multiple times does not increase your chance
of getting an answer.

It appears that Outlook will not allow manipulation of IMAP messages when
offline, even if the messages have been downloaded in their entirety and I
don't believe that's alterable. Outlook is not as good an IMAP client as
some of the others you mentioned.