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Date:      Tue, 25 Aug 1998 09:51:27 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it>
To:        matthew@netsol.net
Cc:        FreeBSD hackers mailing list <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Imap4
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.3.95q.980825094938.394d-100000@elect8>
In-Reply-To: <00cb01bdcfb3$8aeb1640$f0a8a8c0@Matt.pandaamerica.com>

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 > Can anyone tell me what imap4 is? i found it in 2.2.7 inetd.conf.

Mail server. It is built around the idea that you do not pull down all
the mail to your system but keep it on the mail server. In that way you
can read mail from several locations without logging in to various
machines. It is also built with slow links in mind. So an IMAP
connection is very useable on a 28k8 modem if you decide to just quickly
browse the subjects. Sorting and deleting is all done on the server not
on the client.

Nick

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