Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 12:18:21 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Jim Capozzoli <saltmiser@gmail.com> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gmail idea Message-ID: <458FC18D.2020301@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <37f72b1f0612241923h5c92e50kdff07783434efbbd@mail.gmail.com> References: <37f72b1f0612241923h5c92e50kdff07783434efbbd@mail.gmail.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig94CD7BC43DEA75712D5FA785 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jim Capozzoli wrote: > I know this isn't related to FreeBSD at all, but I wanted to see what > other people thought about this. What if google set up a mechanism > where emails are shared between user accounts? Like, suppose this > email is submitted to chat@freebsd.org, right, and the gmail mail > server sees who is all getting mail from chat@freebsd.org. Then, it > has only one copy of the message on the server, and points everybody's > account who is supposed to have this message to that one copy on the > server. Despite it seems like they have unlimited space this could > probably seem useful to them anyway. :-P >=20 > Is this a good idea or am I just insane? Btw I can't find the spot in > google's support area to submit my idea so that's half the reason I > sent it here incase anybody who works at google also happens to be > subscribed to chat@. xD >=20 If you set up your own server with Cyrus IMAPd (possibly others) this is standard functionality -- you can easily create a shared namespace for mailboxes or make news groups appear via IMAP. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig94CD7BC43DEA75712D5FA785 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.1 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFj8GS8Mjk52CukIwRCO1WAJ4mwd3+tDo7FnVCYpvPOrDIPopkjACdH9gW 0Fojflk/4G9+j1lDS9zSY3g= =9DSU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig94CD7BC43DEA75712D5FA785--
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