-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/07/07 11:31, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:05:14 -0600 > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> Out of curiosity, why don't you implement IMAP? >>> Because at the moment it's all on the same computer. I am thinking >>> to go for IMAP as soon as I get my firewall back on line (hdd is >>> down), >> Ah, a security issue. > > No, it's just that I don't see the reason of IMAP on the same computer.
To allow access to the central mail store from many locations. > If I were to transform my firewall machine in a mailserver then IMAP > would be the best choice to access it. That's the *second worst* place to put it. >>> though this would mean I don't have my mails on my laptop. >> Sure it would. That's the whole point of IMAP: Internet Mail ACCESS >> Protocol. > > On line yes, but offline... and yes, I know I can download the mail > also on the laptop, but that would beat the whole purpose of having a > centralised mailstore. That's just a cache, though. It's not the canonical version of your email. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFyhh/S9HxQb37XmcRAph2AJ9F1e03rAszfx0gdqwK9LjvUoOqygCaAxJr owdawG4lREAP3QScx1XZprQ= =VL/3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
