At Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:37:30 -0700 (PDT), David Lang <david.lang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Subject: Re: Exec'ing a script from Cyrus when imapd has a client > > I possibly missed it, but I didn't see anything that said that fetchmail was > grabbing things via IMAP. Yup, I think you missed it. > if you have intermittent/expensive-per-min internet connectivity doing something > like this has value. Nope, not really. All modern useful IMAP clients can work offline too. All another IMAP server is doing is adding to the complexity _and_ decreasing, i.e. lowering, the robustness of the overall solution. > another reason to run your own server is just to be free from quotas. many ISPs > have small mail quotas. All modern useful IMAP clients can also store message locally -- moving them from server to server, or server to local (or back), is as simple as selecting and saving/dragging messages between folders. -- Greg A. Woods +1 416 218-0098 VE3TCP RoboHack <woods@xxxxxxxxxxx> Planix, Inc. <woods@xxxxxxxxxx> Secrets of the Weird <woods@xxxxxxxxx> ---- 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
