Re: [Evolution] Multiple Copies of Messages

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 11:33 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 12:40 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 09:27 +0800, Not Zed wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2004-11-20 at 12:58 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: 
> > > > This is entirely reasonable in some circumstances. I do it myself with
> > > > one POP account because I want to keep an archive of that mail on a home
> > > > machine but still be able to check new mail from the office.
> > > >
> > > > Not everyone uses mail the same way.
> > > Its actually quite an abuse of the pop protocol, like normal post
> > > offices, you don't store all your mail there and read it once in a
> > > while, its just a drop-point for picking it up.
> >
> > The same argument could apply to IMAP. Note that I'm only leaving it on
> > the server when *not* reading from a designated machine.
>
> No.  While POP is the Post Office Protocol (perfectly described by
> NZ), IMAP is an Access Protocol.  The email is designed to stay 
> "in" the IMAP server.

Yes of course. However I don't see how I'm abusing POP by using one of
its facilities ("leave mail on server") whose only raison d'etre is
exactly this kind of situation.

poc