Sim Zacks <sim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > DBMail is an interesting concept, but I think the real advantage would > be if there were a client that could take advantage of the power of a > database backend. > > For example, instead of saving a copy of an email in 1 folder, the > same email could be indexed to multiple folders. Current email clients > mimic file cabinets too much in that the system considers an email to > be a physical entity that can only be stored in one place. Searching > for emails can also be done much faster with a database then with a > traditional mail client approach. I believe that's the case with at least some of these systems; a "mail folder" can be a query so that you could readily have various folders that hit the same messages. > However, to start out with, using dbmail imap with current email > clients might be a great idea. Then the users will not even know > that anything has changed, and I can basically build the client that > I want directly into my ERP. That's certainly a starting point... -- select 'cbbrowne' || '@' || 'gmail.com'; http://linuxdatabases.info/info/ Q. What's the difference between Batman and Bill Gates? A. When Batman fought the Penguin, he won.
