On 01/20/2013 03:18 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: <> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAP_IDLE good link. thank you. <> > he can not build structure on the client > anything you do happens on the server not quit true. i could build a tree on server and then add branches in thunderbird to do do further filtering. <> > please google the dfiffernce ebtween IMAP and POP3 i admit i do not have a full understanding of current day imap, but i do have an awareness of diff between imap and pop3. <> > surely, you can configure your client to move around messages > between folders like for local ones, but that would be a dumb > solution if your server supports sieve because if you are on > a different client like smartphone and your client with the > filters has to run the whole time or no filtering no. what is dumb is taking for granted that all servers use/support sieve, and being that i am talking about late 80's into 90's, before sieve, my doing what i did was not dumb. :) being that one of great advantages of imap is doing _pre_ filtering at server allows one to download emails to various systems and then further filter for needs of other systems. to give you a better understanding, i played with computers when they where run with punched cards. which is not counting the relay operated tic-tac-toe system at museum of science in chicago. :) shortly after zilog was formed, i built my first micro cpu system using zilog z80 and s100 buss. and yes, i used 8" floppies. > it is much more effective filter messages in folders via sieve > on the server which affects any client everywhere and saves > bandwith - usually filtering in the client is copy the message > to the destination folder and remove it after that from the old > one, this is not fast, no efficient and wasting bandwith and last > but not least makes all the troubles with the thunderbird indexes > especially if different clients are connected at the same time basic filtering is, may be, more effective on server in some cases. all/every client may not have need or use of all email that is handled on server. ie, bookkeeping/accounting would not have need for emails that go to an engineering dept. and many more examples, too many to mention them and would be a waste of bandwidth. ;) which is all where there are advantages of using thunderbird > maybe you should consider reading wikipedia and references how > IMAP works because your questions are showing you missed it some of it, yes. a lot has changed in last 30 years. when i find time i do plan to read up on what has happened in that time to imap. but it will not be at wikipedia. i enjoy reading rfc's. i do thank you for your replies. -- peace out. tc.hago, g .
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