Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 23:43:32 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "=?iso-8859-1?B?RmxlbW1pbmcgRnL4a2pr5nI=?=" <flemming@froekjaer.org> Cc: "Tim Erlin" <tperlin@yahoo.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Mail Client for IMAP Message-ID: <001801c168f2$3ae75ce0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <3BEAC582.A5F2A679@froekjaer.org>
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Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: Flemming Frøkjkær [mailto:flemming@froekjaer.org] >Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 9:49 AM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt >Cc: Tim Erlin; questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: Mail Client for IMAP > > > > >Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >> >Tim Erlin wrote: >> > >> >>I'm looking for a mail client that runs happily of >> >>FreeBSD with Windomaker and supports IMAP. I need to >> >>be able to create nested folders for storing mail >> >>locally, rules for sorting mail pulled from the >> >>server, and an address book component. Favorites? >> >> >> >Why do you want to store mail localy? That defeates the purpos of IMAP. >> >> No it doesen't. IMAP permits access from multiple clients as well as >> offering storage services. He is a lot better off with using an IMAP >> client locally because he may wish at some point to remotely access all >> of his mail, even if only for an hour or so, and IMAP gives him the >> same mail access he gets locally. >> > >Maybe we have different definitions of locally. To me locally means >that he is >creating the mail folder on his mail client's hard drive, I had assumed that he was indicating that he wanted the personal mail stored on the same hard drive as the mailserver, and that he was _running_ the mail client on the mailserver. His mail really isn't clear about it. > and remotely means >that he is creating the mail folder on the IMAP server. >The later makes a lot of sense, because as you suggest he can get to it again >from other clients. That's what I do on my mail server, and I really >enjoy to be >able to see the same mail folders and the same filter when I use my >web mail, as >I do when I use netscape from Windows or FreeBSD. > It gets even more interesting when the people run fetchmail and pull mail via pop3 from their ISP, reinject it into the local sendmail system, then store it in mailboxes, then use IMAP locally followed by a mail client running on an x-server running on the local system. Ted To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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