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On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 03:25:58PM +0000, Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> On 2008-07-15, Nicolai Beuermann <Nicolai.Beuermann@×××.de> wrote: |
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> >> I was looking into IMAP but I can't really figure out how it works |
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> > Maybe one can compare it with a simple remote filesystem. |
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> With a few database features thrown in. |
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> With IMAP, you can create folders on the server and leave all |
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> your mail there. That way you can get to it with any IMAP |
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> client on any machine. Most ISPs (and Gmail) offer web access |
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> as well. |
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One problem I find is that switching from folder to folder takes a long |
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time ... Sometimes the cache saves, but other times it needs to reread |
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all 54,000 emails, and that takes quite a while. Is there a better |
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method of accessing my folders to speed this up? |
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programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they |
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restrict the use of these programs. |
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