From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 8 0:16:56 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3002437B405 for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2001 00:16:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id fA88GcT96432; Thu, 8 Nov 2001 00:16:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Flemming Froekjaer" , "Tim Erlin" Cc: Subject: RE: Mail Client for IMAP Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 00:16:38 -0800 Message-ID: <004401c1682d$b087ee80$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <3BE9BD4E.30001@froekjaer.org> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Flemming >Froekjaer >Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 3:02 PM >To: Tim Erlin >Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: Mail Client for IMAP > > >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. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message