Just because a thing *can* be done doesn't mean it SHOULD be done. <G>
IMAP is not required to do all those wonderful things. The web based
e-mail access programs do it also.
Howsomever, there is no way to "protect" any such "reading list" from an
accidental slip of the finger/mouse and messages meant to stay would
then disappear forever. No download = no ppp.log = no backup.
But as long as you can get an account set up somewhere, and that account
can be accessed via MailStart or a similar program, and you are willing
to share username/password, and someone trustworthy is found to clear
out the old stuff and archive it for the guy who went to Egypt for 3
months without telling anyone . . . };>
l.d.
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On Sat, 19 Feb 2000 23:56:16 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> Hi Folks -
> Today I downloaded and installed a DOS version of Pine, PCP_WAT.ZIP.
> For a packet driver I used EPPPD and NetDial and I got it running just
> fine. I experimented with using Pine to access my messages on
> pop.telebot.net and on mail.subdimension.com, both being IMAP servers.
> I found that I could view messages while they were still on the server,
> and I could even forward them and reply to them without even deleting
> them from the server. Upon making these observations, it occurred to me
> that an IMAP server might very well lend itself for use as a message board.
> It would most indeed be possible to use an IMAP server for this purpose
> if the system would allow several persons using the same user name and
> password to login to an account on an IMAP server and read messages
> intended for all.
> Can this be done? Comments, anyone?
> Sam Heywood
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