[Dovecot] download IMAP folders via POP3

[Ed W]

Jakob Grießmann wrote:
> Hi Sahil,
>
>   
>> POP3 should download the newly created folders, unless there are some
>> other idiosyncrasies of which we're not aware.  But as a matter of
>> practice, why the mismatch?  Better to have users on IMAP from desktop
>> and notebook.  Unless this is a mandate "from above" or a legacy issue,
>> move everyone to IMAP!
>>     
>
> well, IMAP needs far more resources on the mail server, so for some
> users POP3 is desirable. :-)
>   


Is this a real measured problem or a theoretical one?

(Tip: implementing some sort of compression tunnel end to end can really 
speed up imap header downloads over slower connections (actually I find 
it speeds up opening larger mailboxes in Thunderbird even over a 5mbit 
connection...)

Good luck

Ed W