Re: Threading Mail

[John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org>]

erik writes:
> email storage - where the email is stored. traditionaly this is just
> files, mostly mbox or maildir. that's what is replaced by IMAP. that way
> you have no email in /var/spool/mail/username or ~/mbox or wherever your
> email currently is, the email is stored by IMAP (you don't care where)

But I care very much where.  In particular, I care very much that my mail
_not_ remain on my ISP's server any longer than necessary.  Trouble is,
that's where it would have to remain in order for IMAP to do me any good.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI