does outlook 2003 work w/ imap?

[vexingv]

i set up an imap server on my machine w / stalker communigate. however, i cant connect to it using outlook 2003. it connects fine using outlook express and entourage 2004. the reason why i set up this server was to sync my email from outlook 2003 to entourage 2004. outlook gets to the point where it is "downloading hierachy" and then just hangs. wut gives? solutions out there? (better yet, solution to sync my outlook stuff w/ entourage 2004 on the mac?)