Re: [Evolution] Feature Request

["Arthur S. Alexion" <arthur alexion com>]

On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 04:18, carlo piana wrote:


> Yeah, that's my point. I cannot afford (in terms of security and of
> dedicated resources) to have a pop server in my office, and rely on my
> ISP's. Although I have quite a large connection, I understand that IMAP
> is somewhat heavier to manage than POP, for that it implies
> client/server database transactions and is not viable for low bandwidth
> connection (not that this is my case, though).
>
> Plus, it
> works, doesn't hurt anybody, use it! ;)

I think the reason some ISPs don't support IMAP is that they don't like
so much mail remaining on the server.  They can't control the POP leave
mail on server option, but discourage their subscribers from using it.

Anyway, I agree that Evolution should support selective mail downloads
and deletions.

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Arthur S. Alexion <arthur alexion com>
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