IMAP (was: replacement for netscrape mail)

[Paul Iadonisi]

On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 15:17, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
> bscott at ntisys.com wrote:
> > 
> > On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, at 2:53pm, Ken.Coar at golux.com wrote:
> > >> I assume IMAP isn't an option?  It would be a much better solution.
> > >
> > > i disagree.  been there, done that, got seriously pissed
> > > and frustrated.
> > 
> > Okay, I simply have to ask: What about it frustrated you?
> 	:
> >   In short, IMAP rocks.  How could you not like it?  ;-)
> 
> i thought this sort of discussion was reserved for editors,
> operating systems, and fascist regimes.  (is there a difference? ;-)
> 
> seriously: i do a *tonne* of my mail offline; i need to have
> it local to my mua.

  Well, I think it's been pretty well established that if you insist on
a integrated mua/browser, then you are seriously limiting your options. 
I think the only one presented during this discussion, and probably the
only one know to anyone on this is list, is the Mozilla or Netscape
suites.
  I can understand if you've had frustrations with IMAP -- I did long
ago when all IMAP clients really sucked.  I mean, they basically didn't
work.  From my experience, many have vastly improved support for IMAP. 
And, as others have indicated, there is also an offline mode for IMAP,
that at least Mozilla and Evolution seem to support, but I couldn't tell
you how well, since I don't use that particular feature.
  Frankly, I think Netscape 4.x (and maybe Mozilla 1.x/Netscape [67].x)
are the only applications that have the popstate feature you are looking
for, and then, it probably is a hack.
  If you decide to give IMAP a whirl again, I'd be glad to give some
input on how to set one up and use it the way that suits you.  I'd start
by recommending either the Courier or Cyrus servers over UW-IMAP on
account of their Maildir or Maildir-like storage, but from the client,
it may not matter much.  If you have large folders of mail, you may run
into problems with a single file per folder unless you make sure the
IMAP server you are using as well as the OS use the appropriate means to
optimize access and updates to large files.

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