On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 03:25:58PM +0000, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2008-07-15, Nicolai Beuermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I was looking into IMAP but I can't really figure out how it works > > > > Maybe one can compare it with a simple remote filesystem. > > With a few database features thrown in. > > With IMAP, you can create folders on the server and leave all > your mail there. That way you can get to it with any IMAP > client on any machine. Most ISPs (and Gmail) offer web access > as well. >
One problem I find is that switching from folder to folder takes a long time ... Sometimes the cache saves, but other times it needs to reread all 54,000 emails, and that takes quite a while. Is there a better method of accessing my folders to speed this up? -- If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs. - Richard Stallman -- [email protected] mailing list
