From: "Matt Sheffield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Yes David, that is what I'm saying. I was afraid that the > all-or-nothing approach is what KMail is following and a quick trip > to bugs.kde.org showed me that someone has filed a wishlist item for > it. > > If not having "pseudo-IMAP" (nice neologism) is bothering anyone > else, I suggest you go to http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49989 > and vote for it to be fixed. > > It's a little bit embarrassing that KMail doesn't have this feature. > But the bug was filed on 31 Oct. of last year so perhaps it's not in > high demand? AAR, even old Netscape 2.x had this feature way back in > 1995, to say nothing of the other major clients. > > Obviously it's no showstopper but still.... :)
Agreed. It's not as simple as switching to an IMAP server, as no ISP I've ever dealt with offers IMAP as an option (not to mention that the last time I checked KMail it had stopped talking to courier-imap servers, but that's a while back...).