Re: [expert] mail client

[Olaf Marzocchi]

I have the same feelings for IMAP ;-))), but think about this solution (I plan to implement it by the end of 2003, when I'll have an ADSL connection): you set an imap4 server in you pc and you use a combination of fetchmail, procmail (question: should I use procmail to filter mails or sendmail? it seems both are able to do so) to move all the incoming mail to your local imap server.

By doing so you'll be able to mix the benefits of imap4 (you can read mail whewrever you are) and traditional mail clients (you have mails all in your desktop).

Olaf

Think different;
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At 07.12 21/12/2002, you wrote:

[1] The thing I dislike about IMAP is its fundamental design and reason
for existence, which is the idea that my mail should stay on the server
and get copied to my client. If I want the mail to stay on the server,
I'll leave it there in an mbox or maildir and access it with a local
client over an encrypted tunnel. If I want it on my desktop, I want it
to get here as fast as possible and be deleted from the server because
it's no longer necessary there. This design problem leads to all the
implementation problems of IMAP: SLOWness, lack of integration with
local folder structures, and muddling of GUIs for rule-creation, mass
copy or delete, etc.
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