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Re: IMAP is teh r0x0rz! [was: Re: getting copies of own posted messages; was: Re: ??: Stunned by aptitude.]




On Jul 10, 2008, at 11:51 AM, Steve C. Lamb wrote:

On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 10:38:21AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 01:38:35PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 07/09/08 13:26, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
This is why IMAP should be the standard mail store, not mboxes in
"proprietary" locations.

second that. THe convenience is incredible. Case in point:

Here's another fine example. I use dovecot on my server to expose my mbox mail via IMAP. Here are the locations from where I regularly check my mail:


We really gotta get you over to Maildir someday, Steve.  ;-)

Then you can back up mail directories with thinks like rdiff and not pull in the whole mbox file into the backup again. Just the new mail. (GRIN)

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Nate Duehr
nate@natetech.com




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