2023-02-18 13:44 GMT, Crystal Kolipe <kolip...@exoticsilicon.com>: > On Sat, Feb 18, 2023 at 12:47:46PM +0000, Rodrigo Readi wrote:
> Not really. I just described the way that mail is traditionally handled on > a unix workstation, and that still works for a large proportion of users, > myself included. Perhaps not on a workstation, but on a Mainframe, Minicomputer, or just a server. Most people using UNIXoids today do it on "Desktops". They do not have a static IP, their computers are also not an X Terminal. They are just a "Personal Computer", many of them a laptop, and now smartphones. > But you have found that in practice this is not always the case, because > the clients that are available and which broadly implement the standards don't > provide the specific sub-features that you want, such as downloading just > the text part without attachments over IMAP. I was speaking about CLI clients. >> And I repeat, IMAP is not POP3, it is not for retrieving all mails, > > But it [IMAP] can be used for that purpose, and there are good reasons to > prefer it > over POP3 for retrieving all mails because it supports push via the IDLE > command and therefore avoids the need to poll at short intervals. I prefer to retrieve the last headers when I want to read email, you prefer to keep the connection alive. It is a matter of taste. > Since by your own definition, CLI clients are not adapted to your way of > working, but rather still favour the traditional way of downloading all > mail > to a local mail spool, why would it make sense to assume that somebody > asking > about CLI clients and not mentioning remote or mobile access, has these > requirements and has a similar way of working to yours? Good question. I do not know exactly what the OP wants. Perhaps he can say it? Rod.
