[Vtigercrm-developers] Webmail seems a bit wrong?

David V. davidv.net at gmail.com
Wed Oct 14 10:53:22 PDT 2009


Alan,

Maybe you should open a Trac ticket about this ?

David V.


2009/10/12 Alan Lord (News) <alanslists at gmail.com>

> On 11/10/09 12:51, Stephen Mack wrote:
> > I don't see technically how the system could place a "copy" in your sent
> > folder unless it used that same exact system to "send" the email.  Since
> > you are using another server to send the email, the best it can do is CC
> > your system with a copy.
>
> Well it is using the "same system".
>
> When I use Thunderbird, it talks to my MUA server using IMAP (Dovecot)
> and our MTA using SMTP. If I use a different computer (like my netbook
> when I am on the road, over a 3G network) with TB or Evolution for
> example exactly the same thing happens. Sent mails go in my sent folder
> with the correct "to" address.
>
> When I configure the vtiger webmail interface it also uses IMAP to talk
> to the MUA and SMTP for the MTA.
>
> All folders on my IMAP MUA are stored on the server so each and any
> client I use remain synchronised.
>
> Unless I'm missing something here, I can't see any difference between a
> desktop application using IMAP/SMTP and a web client using IMAP/SMTP. In
> fact I have set up a webmail system using the Horde before, and that
> wrote sent emails to the right place.
>
> Alan
>
>
> >
> > I would have to dig into a bunch of technical specs to see if you could
> > fool the system, but I think that would be a very big no-no.  Having a
> > system of record store that it sent a copy of the email when in fact it
> > never did send it, another system did.
> >
> > Does that make sense?
> >
> > -- Stephen Mack
> > Gerente de Ventas y Marketing
> > Escuela Fronteras
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> > Member of NAFSA & AmCham
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Alan Lord (News)
> > <alanslists at gmail.com
> > <mailto:alanslists at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 02/10/09 15:09, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
> >      > Is it me or does the fact that when I send a mail from the webmail
> >      > interface a *copy* of the mail arrives in my inbox addressed to
> me?
> >      >
> >      > I would really expect it appear in my sent box, not my inbox as
> >     happens
> >      > when I use a mail client like Thunderbird or the gmail webmail
> >     interface
> >      > for example.
> >      >
> >      > After all, I didn't send a mail to me. I sent it to someone
> else...
> >      >
> >      > Cheers
> >      >
> >      > Alan
> >
> >     Any comments anyone?
> >
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