On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 20:32:55 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >Because IMAP MUAs only show a list of messages until you decide to open >one, at which point it's downloaded. POP has to download everything >even if you don't read it.
Ok, but that already is the problem, I don't want to have a list with hundred mails, I just want to see a few mails on my mobile device, downloaded or not downloaded, since the mobile MUA doesn't provide the features a Linux MUA provides. Does the mobile device's MUA provide offline IMAP? >As to archiving old mails, you can do that if you want just by (in >Evolution) configuring "copy folder for offline operation", as one of >several alternatives. And if I do it again and again, do I get each time a new copy or will it sync, so that I might lose some mails? What is the relation between the copied folder/folders and the folders on the server? Just this single work flow already doesn't provide what I need, since I don't want to see a list with many mails, I only want a list with a few mails. And assumed the rest for this single work flow should be solvable, it requires reading manuals, especially for the proprietary software for the Apple mobile device. I want to make real-time music with the tablet PC and with POP accounts I'm able to just get the few mails I want, without much effort. IMAP makes it complicated and seems not to provide what I want. It's simply not correct, that as soon as mails from one account should be available for different machines, IMAP always is the best solution. POP has got some advantages, for some work flows. Keep in mind that an Apple MUA for a tablet PC does not provide the features Claws or Evolution for my Linux PC provide and for real-time music OTOH there's no Linux based tablet PC available, there's nothing else, but Apple. So even if there would be IMAP solutions that fit to my work flow, should be possible with e.g. Evolution, doesn't mean that they are available for the mobile device, too. I can sort much more than 10,000 mails easily with a Linux MUA, but I already can't handle a list (downloaded or not) with around 100 mails with the Apple MUA, due to missing functionality. Assumed there should be Evolution available for a Linux tablet PC, then there would be the other issue, that the Linux tablet PC can't be used for serious music work. Regards, Ralf _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
