> > Unfortunately, this would eliminate the major advantage of IMAP. I read > > my mail from two different locations (home and work) and up to 5 different > > computers. Storing the mail locally really isn't an option, although I > > suppose I could make *copies* of it instead of moving it from the mailserver > > to a local machine. > > Isn't that basically what IMAP does? There is an fetchmail option to > leave mail on each or some of the mailservers. Cheers.
Yes, but: suppose I delete a message on my local machine. With IMAP, the deletion gets propagated to all of the machines I read mail on. How would I do this with fetchmail? Also, IMAP only downloads the headers until I actually attempt to read a message. While this doesn't really matter when I'm at work (ethernet connection to mailserver) or at home (cable modem connection to internet, T1 to mailserver), it could really hurt if I just want to check for new messages from the road, over a modem. This makes me long for my days of a simple UUCP feed, and only one computer to read mail on. ;) -Jon Burchmore
