On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Julius Szelagiewicz <julius@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Say what? IMSP is Windoze and POP is Linux? horsefeathers! IMAP and POP > are very, very different, so comparisons fail. The real power of IMAP > becomes apparent when you want to see just the headers of the messages and > decide which ones to download. POP just gets them for you, even if they > are huge and your device is tiny and the bandwidth is negligible. > Um, no, maybe it's one of those "ugly hacks", but viewing just the headers is possible with POP3. Also, telneting to pine gives the equivalent functionality *without* any hacks. > All that said, I still can't fathom why would anyone really want all the > email on a mobile device that is prone to loss or failure when dropped. I agree, and that's why I said I don't do that... > Having a tiny Linux server that fetches all your email from all the > sources, puts it in appropriate folders and presents it to you locally or > remotely via POP and IMAP seems to me a far better solution that comes > with automatic backups, mirrored drives and any number of safety and > anti-spam features you'd want to use. > > Just my $0.02 > > julius > That's a great idea, but only for those with the technical expertise... Mark _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
