On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 09:44:52AM -0600, Chuck Burns wrote: > On Tue, January 21 2003 9:26 am, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: > *snip* > > You can't possibly be suggesting to add filters directly into imap, for > > every user... If you had a system with 1000 users, and they had 20 > > filters each... That's hardly practical. That is why it *IS* the job of > > the client to do it's filtering. If it cannot do it properly, find a > > client that will, there are plenty out there. > *snip* > That's exactly what he is saying, and it is quite feasible. If your users > want their mail filtered, they can set up their personal procmail settings in > their own home directory, if they dont, then they dont have to. > -- > Chuck Burns, Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Agreed. They can. "IF" they have 1) the access, and 2) the ability. Not everyone does. If I were to use the e-Mail address from my ISP for example, I would not be able to do that. I do not have access. I'd have to set up fetch mail on my Linux box, and get the mail from them, and filter it locally. That would only work for one box. What if I had 3 or 4 different laptops that I might carry around. Plus, need to access my mail from nearly any i-net attached client. I'd need to depend on the client to do the filtering. And indeed, many do it right. Mozilla Mail, Netscape Mail, Evolution, etc. If they can't I don't use them. It's that simple. If someone want's me to use their e-Mail client, it needs to properly support IMAP filtering. All the rest is just techno-geek toys. I, and my users, just want to read our mail. I'm not going to go to excessive measures on the servers make that happen. IMAP does the job exceedingly well, and it serves to any client, be it Linux, Mac, or Windows. I can check my mail from any client, anywhere in the world. As long as it properly supports IMAP filtering. People like to diss Netscape. But what other client is out there that properly supports IMAP filtering and will run on ANY OS?!? All that other "stuff" is just more stuff to go wrong, and more stuff to maintain. A straight up, out of the box IMAP server will exactly what I need it to do, with minimum fuss, and muss. Isn't that how this stuff is supposed to work? Ric > -----------==========----------- > Involvement with people is always a very delicate thing -- > it requires real maturity to become involved and not get all messed up. > -- Bernard Cooke > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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