From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Aug 27 06:31:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA12127 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 27 Aug 1998 06:31:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.promo.de (mail.Promo.DE [194.45.188.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA12117 for ; Thu, 27 Aug 1998 06:31:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from stefan@promo.de) Received: from d254.promo.de (d254.Promo.DE [194.45.188.254]) by mail.promo.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA21186; Thu, 27 Aug 1998 15:27:03 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 15:30:12 +0200 From: Stefan Bethke To: John Polstra cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Imap4 Message-ID: <709613.3113220612@d254.promo.de> In-Reply-To: <199808261935.MAA04559@austin.polstra.com> Originator-Info: login-token=Mulberry:01e0yQxO7A9Soau7ZqF3UU X-Mailer: Mulberry Demo (MacOS) [1.4.0a8, s/n Evaluation] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mit, 26. Aug 1998 12:35 Uhr -0700 John Polstra wrote: > In article , > Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > >> Now, to add something FreeBSD related, I've been pushing for ESYS >> to do a port of our servers to FreeBSD for a while now. We've had >> a couple of requests for it, but not enough to justify the cost >> of adding another platform. If there's anyone out there who would >> *buy* *a* *copy* of Simeon Message Server if we did a port, please >> e-mail me directly. (http://www.esys.ca for more info on the server >> product.) > > What I want is a reasonable IMAP4 _client_ that runs under FreeBSD. > "Reasonable" in my book means that the client fully supports > disconnected operation, a requirement not met by any of the Unix > clients I'm aware of. (Maybe pine supports it, but it's unreasonable > for other reasons. :-) Try to talk to CyruSoft (http://www.cyrusoft.com/). Mulberry (now available for Mac and Win only) definitly is the most advanced IMAP client I have seen so far. While I'm somewhat reluctant to spend money on software for private use (no, I'm not pirating, but rather sticking to free alternatives), a decent FreeBSD or Linux port would be worth quite a few bucks for me. Stefan -- Stefan Bethke Promo Datentechnik | Tel. +49-40-851744-18 + Systemberatung GmbH | Fax. +49-40-851744-44 Eduardstrasse 46-48 | e-mail: stefan@Promo.DE D-20257 Hamburg | http://www.Promo.DE/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message