Flowingon wrote:
Now have it working but gave up on UW-IMAP. We installed a new IMAP Dovecot version and all works perfectly. Thank you for your assistance as we would not have tried another IMAP without your pinpoint of the server as the issue. I realize this working for us is not a viable solution for those using a major service provider. Is it possible that our install forced a complete reload of all messages and removed all the prior issues?
I talked with Pat and I think SOME people who are still using UW-IMAP may ALSO have a problem if they're allowing the "MBOX" feature to be used. This is a feature that copies the spool into a file in your homedir named MBOX. If you're using that (which I was), it MAY also affect the process. We turned my MBOX off while removing the dummy file -- so I can't tell whether it contributes to the fun or not.
Dovecot likely doesn't use MBOX in the same fashion - so it's feasible that it resolved your problem, Flowingon.
In any event -- SteveYates, are you using MBOX? If so, AND the deleted dummy message fix is working, we can rule MBOX out as a member of the trouble.
Ultimately - this is a problem with Apple -- they've mangled their IMAP libraries so that they don't obey common IMAP rules -- Apple seems not to care at all ... but ever since Steve died ... that's been the brand message anyway. "We no longer care, give us your money, we have no new ideas. Think inertia. -- Apple"
I'm glad this solution is helping people -- the inability to delete was nearly enough for me to stop using an iPhone altogether.
The fact that Apple hasn't chimed in once -- or even muttered that they're looking into it ... amazingly bad. Maybe if we push to 10 pages of commentary, Apple will notice that people are here talking?