On Fri, 23 Oct 2009, Greg A. Woods wrote: > At Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:43:41 -0700 (PDT), David Lang <david.lang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Subject: Re: Exec'ing a script from Cyrus when imapd has a client >> >> there can be cases where you are providing mail services for several people, or >> have multiple machines you use yourself where having an IMAP server is >> worthwhile. > > Neither of those things make any real sense whatsoever. They certainly > don't define any clear requirements that make sense in this context. > > Every modern and useful IMAP-capable MUA can collect e-mail from any > combination of many IMAP servers anywhere and everywhere all at once. > > If "fetchmail" can fetch the mail from an IMAP server, then so can any > MUA. > > Just get rid of all the unnecessary complexity in the middle and just > use the MUA for what it's designed to be used for! as long as you are willing to limit yourself to a single MUA on a single desktop/laptop. if you want to be able to access your mail from different devices you need a mail server, not just a MUA David Lang > > >> now, it's unusual to use something like this without having a full MTA, but it's >> not unheard of. > > It's not unusual for people to create all kinds of crazy complicated > setups that have no real purpose, in every domain in life. > > I'm sure I make my own life more complicated than it needs to be in some ways. > > However things do not _need_ to be made more complicated than necessary, > > Here the OP's question provides a perfect clue showing that something is > far more complicated than it needs to be because we see that it will > even have to get more complex (and even less robust) before it begins to > work the way it would actually work without any of this unnecessary > complexity in the middle in the first place. > > ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
