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Date:      Sat, 20 Dec 1997 17:54:47 -0500 (EST)
From:      Bradley Dunn <bradley@dunn.org>
To:        Brian Handy <handy@sag.space.lockheed.com>
Cc:        mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Mail Question
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971220175146.2674B-100000@bh-box31337.csh.uiuc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.96.971220112011.18680B-100000@sag.space.lockheed.com>

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On Sat, 20 Dec 1997, Brian Handy wrote:

> What I would *like* to do is be able to pop my mail down to wherever I'm
> at and read it locally.  But it seems like sorting my mail into the
> various folders sets it up so POP won't work, the mail's going into the
> wrong place now for this to work.

IMAP was designed with mobile clients in mind. It is what you need. Pine
works great with IMAP and multiple folders. Another good thing about IMAP
is that you don't have to download a message if you can tell from the 
headers that don't want to read it.

Bradley




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