Re: [SLUG] Mail Transfer Agents

From: Paul M Foster (paulf@quillandmouse.com)
Date: Mon Nov 21 2005 - 17:19:09 EST


On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 04:46:43PM -0500, Sick Twist wrote:

> >From: Levi Bard <taktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktak@gmail.com>
> >Reply-To: slug@nks.net
> >To: slug@nks.net
> >Subject: Re: [SLUG] Mail Transfer Agents
> >Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:32:04 -0600
> >
> >I may be missing something, but can't you check the "leave messages on
> >server" option in both clients? Other than that, postfix +
> >courier-imap ( maybe + squirrelmail if you want to provide them a web
> >interface too ) will work great.
> >
>
> That option will keep one client synchronized with the server. However, it
> doesn't seem to work if there are two or more clients. For example, if I
> delete an e-mail from the inbox of client1, the e-mail will be removed
> automatically from the server but not client2. The same e-mail will have to
> be deleted manually from client2. My guess is that the POP3 protocol just
> isn't designed to be used this way and unfortunately IMAP doesn't seem to be
> in high enough demand for ISP's to offer it. I hadn't considered setting up
> a web interface for my parents but that sounds interesting to explore as
> well.

I believe you can use POP3 to download the mail and then IMAP to serve
it locally. Probably what you were thinking of above.

Paul
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