[pmmail-list] IMAP. When?

[Rod... Whitworth]

Bernie,
I can't speak for BPSW.

However I can tell you that you were really right about one thing: IMAP
ain't easy! As a result it probably won't happen RSN. Server developers
I speak to hate it because (they say) the RFC is a mess and the writer
(or principal author) is not easy to pin down on definitions etc etc.

When I travel I like to be able to get my mail too. My work around is
to have a principal machine at home that is where I keep the master
files of mail. When I'm away from home I shut down PMmail on it so that
the mail stays on the server.

Then I connect with my laptop or on my desktop at a client site and run
a copy of PMmail that collects mail but leaves it on the server. That
way I get it all where I want it filed later.

I don't bother with most lists when I'm away because  some of them hit
50+ messages overnight. It is pretty brutal when I get home from a 2
week stint and I'm pruning the list mail!

Do you have a choice of POP or IMAP? How about remote sends?

regards,
Rod.




On Thu, 27 Sep 2001 17:16:05 +1000, Bernie Maier wrote:

>OK - I've now seen the archive and can see that at least in September there
>haven't been any questions about IMAP support, so I'll ask away.
>
>First, some background.  I've obviously only just subscribed to this list.
>I've been using PMMail at home for several years now - first the OS/2
>version and now the Windoze version (PMMail98).  It has served me well
>over the years.  However, with a home network and newly installed
>broadband access, I will need much more flexibility about where I read
>my email.  Ultimately, I'm going to want a setup where I can read my
>home email while I'm at work, and from whichever machine I've fired
>up at home.
>
>So - what I really want is a good email client with good IMAP support.
>I gather that this is a planned enhancement to PMMail.  (I also gather
>it's not there yet - but I'd love to proven wrong here!)  As a software
>developer myself, I can perfectly understand that this is a major
>undertaking, and so cannot happen quickly.  And I also hate committing
>to estimates myself.  But can Blueprints state whether work has started
>on this, and whether it will be weeks, months or years before we get
>an IMAP version of PMMail?  If it's too far in the future, I may have
>to seek alternatives...
>
>Oh - and since I've just joined the list, apologies if this has already
>been discussed to death.
>
>Cheers,
>
>     Bernie
>
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