why are you trying ??? this is brain storming
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Jakob Curdes <j...@info-systems.de> wrote: > Am 20.09.2012 09:28, schrieb Selcuk Yazar: > > Alessio and Peter thank you again. maybe it can be future request. :) > > We are trying to tell you that it is impossible to write a mail *client*that > does not download (i.e. transfer) the mail that it shows to the user. > This is why it makes no sense to prevent the download on the server side, > and so there will never be such a function. > Preventing the download (the transfer) of the mail fro mthe server to the > client just means that the user *cannot read it*. > > Another question is whether there are mail *clients* which do not offer a > possibility to *save* the read mail (which has already been "downloaded" > for reading it). But that question is not really related to the dovecot > mail server. > > If you want to get users to read mails, but not download them, I would > suggest you deny the direct access to the mail server and use a > browser-based application that shows the entire mail to the user, maybe as > a graphical representation. Or you use some sort of terminal software > that connects to a host where the mail *clients* itself are installed, > just letting the user view the data but nor copy it, e.g. the VNC protocol. > > Hope this helps, > Jakob Curdes > > > -- Selçuk YAZAR http://www.selcukyazar.blogspot.com
