Saving IMAP drafts in Entourage

[Allen Matsumoto]

I'm posting this in its own thread because it hasn't drawn much response in
the IMAP vs. POP thread... Sorry for the repeat, but I can't believe that
there aren't people here trying to figure this out if it's happening to them
too...

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Does everyone experience this behavior when saving draft messages in their
IMAP accounts in Entourage?

1. Press Command-S to save the draft while working.
2. A progress window opens showing the draft being uploaded to the IMAP
server. It stays open until the draft is uploaded.
3. The message window closes so I can't keep writing.
4. I have to:
- Go to the Drafts folder,
- Force an update to have the draft message downloaded from the server;
- Wait for it to download (sometimes this doesn't happen for a few
minutes, even if I keep forcing updates.)
5. Finally, open the draft and resume writing.

In POP accounts, this doesn't happen, it just saves quickly and I can keep
writing.

I understand the difference between POP and IMAP, and that the IMAP draft
has to go up to the server. But what I don't understand is why Entourage
closes the draft and makes me go open a new copy of it that has come down
from the server. Apple Mail doesn't. It makes IMAP almost unusable for me
since I do so much writing and editing in email, and have to save often.

For now, I'm just hoping that someone can speak to this behavior - is it
Happening to everyone, or is there a setting I can change to avoid it?

Thanks,

Allen

 

[Diane_Ross_MVP]

I'm posting this in its own thread because it hasn't drawn much response in
the IMAP vs. POP thread... Sorry for the repeat, but I can't believe that
there aren't people here trying to figure this out if it's happening to them
too...

I replied in your other thread.