zimbra + outlook issue

[joe_azer]

hi,
i have installed at my firm zimbra collaborative suite 4.0.4
i have a common problem, all my users are using outlook as their mail client and in pop3. the problem comes when one of the users gets a new computer, the new outlook installation will see the account as a new one, even after i migrate the outlook data files from the old computer to the new 1, outlook will still attempt to download the whole mailbox again.

what i do is log onto the mail account, create a backup folder, and manually move mails from inbox to that new backup folder, each page displays 100 mails max, which of course means if a user has about 20k mails or so it's gonna be a tedious job doing this.

what i'm looking for is a workaround that i might not know of that would prevent outlook from downloading all the mailbox again (like a cache file i gotta backup or something) or a way for zimbra to automatically archive mails in the inbox weekly or daily or on whatever time basis i wish.

please any help guidance tips or links would help.

thanks in advance.

[joe_azer]

*bump* for help.

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by joe_azer

what i'm looking for is a workaround that i might not know of that would prevent outlook from downloading all the mailbox again (like a cache file i gotta backup or something) or a way for zimbra to automatically archive mails in the inbox weekly or daily or on whatever time basis i wish.

You would be far better using IMAP, the mail would the remain on the server, you could also use Zimbra Desktop instead of Outlook.

[joe_azer]

it's a very big hassle to transform the accounts to imap, also due to some connection limitation for some users, the IMAP will be a bit slower and will make outlook more provoking when it syncs. it wasn't well recieved when i tried it lol.