Re: Email client programs
Erik Steffl wrote:
> > Also, with fetchmail, you don't have to bother telling your mail client
> > about your POP or IMAP server -- it's one less thing to configure if you
>
> provided that you want to download emails from IMAP which is not a
> very good way to use IMAP. I guess it's desirable in some situations...
> but often you might want to use it straight as it is or, if the network
> connection is not good enough, use it in off-line mode. Unless you want
> to consolidate all you accounts in one, then it makes sense to download
> even IMAP mail.
That's exactly what I do. My personal mail accounts, work mail, everything
ends up in my home mail folders, thanks to fetchmail. Meanwhile, mutt is
configured to know what to put in my From: headers according to what folder
I'm in when I send a mail.
> but then it makes sense to run local IMAP server (for similar reasons
> that it's desirable to use fetchmail to fetch email).
That's a matter of taste, I think. If you have an email client that has
really solid IMAP support, then that's reasonable.
Craig
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