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IMAP - Data loss when copying email with Outlook 2010

loftux — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:52:11 GMT

I've come across a situation where data loss occurs when adding multipart/mixed email messages to Alfresco IMAP using Outlook 2010.What happens is that text/plain part in the message gets truncated. Here an example<blockquote>… Removed some rows for readability ….MIME-Version: 1.0Content-Type:

Re: IMAP - Data loss when copying email with Outlook 2010

afaust — Thu, 16 May 2013 07:41:44 GMT

Hello,

the Alfresco IMAP component and Greenmail integration for the IMAP protocol don't take mime messages apart and - as far as I can see in the code - always write them in their full content as read from the Java socket inputstream.

Strange behavior - even for a Microsoft product.

Regards
Axel

Re: IMAP - Data loss when copying email with Outlook 2010

loftux — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:07:20 GMT

Thanks Alex for looking into this. My conclusion is also that the message is not taken apart unless you extract attachments (then it has to). Next step is to find a Microsoft expert to look at what Outlook is doing.