Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 11:09:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Vermillion <bill@bilver.magicnet.net> To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mail only for users in aliases Message-ID: <199806141509.LAA06417@bilver.magicnet.net>
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Recently Mike Fisher said: > On Sat, 13 Jun 1998, Leif Neland wrote: > > > IMAP? No thanks. The only place for the customers mail is on their > > harddisk; I have enough trouble with people who leave mail on the > > server with pop3 already. Most people wouldn't understand IMAP > > anyway. > That's a good philosophy. Customers should not be allowed to manage > their email from two locations (i.e. home and work). Are you > familiar with the IMAP protocol's advantages over POP3 at all? Why do you believe in that approach. We even added a toll-free 800 number for customers who have to go out of town on business and read their mail. Nothing else is permitted on that line. That was done because the anti-spam filters would usually reject mail for them when using a remote ISP. (Yes there are ways around that too, and we might implement those) -- bill@bilver.magicnet.net | bill@bilver.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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