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Re: OT: why I don't want CCs



On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 06:48:18PM -0600, Jamin W. Collins wrote:
> Apples and oranges, but ideally an MUA doesn't need POP or IMAP support
> no.

Implementing IMAP support outside the client is almost insane. IMAP
leaves the mail on the server most of the time, and downloads the
messages as they are selected. It's *even* worse than doing NNTP outside
a news client because IMAP is read-write, where NNTP is read only.

Bijan

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