Re: [Evolution] Server Deletes Mail

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

On Sun, 2010-07-04 at 14:05 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-07-04 at 18:31 +0100, David Jones wrote:
> > Dear Group,
> > My ISP has recently changed the method of sending and receiving mail.
> > Mostly with no problem to me, just adding the SSL details to Evolution.
> > I'm using Evolution 2.28.1 under Ubuntu 9.10.
> > What is annoying is that I collect emails on several PC's, so I've set
> > my preferences to not delete the mail from the server on one PC, but it
> > still does.
> > Anybody else seen this?
> > I presume the option to leave the mail on the server is a standard
> > option and not just something that microsoft dreamed up?
> It's a standard part of POP, but of course the server isn't obliged to
> keep your mail forever. You should ask your service provider.
> The real solution to this is to use IMAP instead of POP. If your
> provider doesn't offer IMAP, set up a Gmail account to access your POP
> mail and configure your client to read IMAP from Gmail.

You can do the same with Fastmail.fm,  and they support [they use!] Open
Source software.

<http://www.fastmail.fm/mail/personal.html>
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Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org> LPIC-1, Novell CLA
<http://www.whitemiceconsulting.com>
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