On Mon, Dec 13, 1999 at 02:10:13PM -0600, David DeSimone wrote:
> >
> > > Anyone else wanting additional features should use IMAP.
> >
> > But there lies the rub - 99% of users of MUAs DON'T HAVE THAT
> > CHOICE!!! We can't just "use IMAP", the choice isn't there!
>
> Then MAKE it happen! You are here, trying to push Mutt into conforming
> to an ill-fitting standard, simply because that's all your ISP offers
> you. Why aren't you, instead, putting this same pressure on your ISP,
> telling them that IMAP is what you need? Why does Mutt have to bend
> over backward for you? You presumably pay money to your ISP; you should
> get some decent service from them.
>
1 - Most UK users *don't* pay money to their ISP, not directly at
least. The users have very little say in what software is
provided. The ISP service is paid for indirectly via telephone
revenue and/or advertising. It's a very different world from the
USA I believe.
2 - I have asked a couple of business oriented services I use if they
might add IMAP4 services, both said "maybe, some time in the
future" and both said that they're not keen to provide IMAP4
service because of security worries (real or imagined?).
3 - If you search the list of UK ISPs (and there are hundreds) there
are virtually none that offer IMAP4. It's just not going to
happen I'm afraid, at least not for quite a while, in the meantime
we are stuck with POP3 and have to make the best of a less than
ideal compromise.
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