Re: Attracting newbies (Was Booting Debian/testing fails)
On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:05:14 -0600
Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> >> Out of curiosity, why don't you implement IMAP?
> >
> > Because at the moment it's all on the same computer. I am thinking
> > to go for IMAP as soon as I get my firewall back on line (hdd is
> > down),
>
> Ah, a security issue.
No, it's just that I don't see the reason of IMAP on the same computer.
If I were to transform my firewall machine in a mailserver then IMAP
would be the best choice to access it.
> > though this would mean I don't have my mails on my laptop.
>
> Sure it would. That's the whole point of IMAP: Internet Mail ACCESS
> Protocol.
On line yes, but offline... and yes, I know I can download the mail
also on the laptop, but that would beat the whole purpose of having a
centralised mailstore.
Regards,
Andrei
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