Evolution sucks??

[Bill McGonigle]

On Feb 13, 2007, at 15:01, Paul Lussier wrote:

> How many ISPs run an IMAP server for their customers.  Most
> ISPs I know of server POP3.

Yahoo! and AOL would be the notable large ones.  Google is the  
glaring counter-example.

I have no idea if either of these two support Sieve, but I doubt it,  
as server CPU resources are involved.

The economics are interesting.  POP3 is great when the ISP wants  
people to get their damn mail off of the server as quickly as  
possible.  IMAP implies you're leaving the data up there.  Google has  
decided that GMail is cheap enough to run that ads pay for mail  
storage.  I'm guessing Yahoo! and AOL have also decided that if you  
leave your mail on their servers then, at least on occasion, you're  
going to be in on the webmail client and generating ad revenue.

If the above is true somebody can probably make a go at a IMAP/Sieve  
hosting business and do well.

-Bill

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