On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 02:01:19AM +0100, Tom wrote:
Ah. So nothing would change, actually, by installing an IMAP server, right? The roles played by Exim, procmail and whatever I might use remain the same, and the IMAP server only serves (obviously, the termi was well chosen) mail to remote users who are able to authenticate themselves, and is thus just an extra step between stored mail and the user (instead of just viewing mail ("direct access to the filesystem"), I'd use IMAP to display mails somewhere else using a MUA)?
Right.
Personally I use IMAP so that I have a consistent view whether I'm using mutt (local shell), Kmail (in the office), Mozilla (on the road) or Squirrelmail (from internet cafes).
Great. I get the concept, now. It really was the kind of answer that makes one wonder why one could not get it in the first place. :-/
There's no shame in asking intelligent questions.
cheers, J
-- Joshua Goodall "as modern as tomorrow afternoon" joshua@roughtrade.net - FW109