How to limit max IMAP connections in mail.app?

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How to limit max IMAP connections in mail.app?

Hi folks,

due to Mailserver configuration limitations from Provider side like courier-imap settings "maxperip" = 4, some (like me) may have problems to use or connect more than one imap-account to the same server in mail.app.
In thunderbird you have the option to configure the max open connections per imap-account. If set to 1 connection, i'm able to use 4 imap-accounts.

But how to configure this in mail.app???

Thanks in advance,

paranoja

Mac OS X (10.5.6), mail.app Version 3.5 (930.3)

Posted on Mar 28, 2009 10:01 AM

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paranoja Author

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Mar 28, 2009 10:50 AM in response to paranoja

I took a look into com.apple.mail.plist with pref setter, but can't find anything helpfull.

Thanks in advance for any hints,

paranoja

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Mar 30, 2009 3:35 AM in response to paranoja

oh, as i found this seems to be an unfixed an verry old problem.

http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=5820548

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6204843&#6204843

It's really a shame that apple didn't fixed it since the problem is from 2007!!!

It seems that there was a key "CacheOveraggressively" in com.apple.mail.plist in earlier versions, but i can't find it there with Version 3.5 (930.3)!

Seems that the only real solution for now is to use thunderbird......

P.S.: Mail in IPodTouch has of course the same Problem!

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