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Re: Linux Mail Client



On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 03:51:42PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:

>     I don't see it that way.  Why should they be forced to create a whole new
> account to access mail on a different server in a completely different
> fashion.  No other client/server setup requires the user to do that, why sould

Generally, you should just be able to tell your mail client to use a
different configuration.

>     Further, the assumption is that the person wants to download the mail at
> all.  IMHO with IMAP one should be able to access the account remotely,
> including such "special" folders like "sent-mail" in a completely separate
> account without the need for a separate account locally.  

As far as I'm aware all the MUAs with non-trivial support for IMAP can
do this.

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