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Wednesday, December 26, 2012 3:27 PM
Is there some switch or button to force Outlook 2013 to update *all* the IMAP folders upon sync?
Right now I have to click into each IMAP folder to force that folder to update with the server.
I want all my folders to update with the server at once
If it matters, the IMAP provider is gmail.
I have google filters in place to filter my mail into subfolders (yes I know they are labels not subfolders)
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Thursday, December 27, 2012 2:23 PM âś…Answered
There is only one IMAP account in the profile
I had already tried deleting the profile, cleaning everything out, and readding it
That didnt fix it
Its configured to use SSL so port 143 and 25 aren't the issue. And the issue was not that it never works.
It updates the folders, but only when I click on each folder, not when I hit send/receive or the automatic send/receive occurs. I dont have time to continually click on all my folders all day long to see if there's email. Thats what software is supposed to do for me.
I managed to fix this by going into the send/receive groups, and setting a custom behavior for the folders and putting a checkmark next to all the folder. Incredibly irritating, and of course that's not documented as being required to keep folders in sync.
Wednesday, December 26, 2012 11:21 PM
How many IMAP email account are configured in Outlook? You may remove and re-add the email account in Outlook and check if it works fine. You may create a new Outlook profile using the link below and verify the status: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829918
But, I would suggest you to revisit the basics. Like Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3), the IMAP4 protocol uses port 25 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to send messages, but an IMAP4 server uses port 143 to listen for messages. Unlike POP3, IMAP4 allows you to store your messages by default on the server, instead of downloading them locally.
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