Matthew Thomas wrote:
> Ben Bucksch wrote:
>
>>> If offline mode is well-implemented, then using IMAP offline makes
>>> just as much sense as using POP offline.
>>
>> Depends on what you mean with "sense". IMAP offline works with a
>> *replication*, POP offline with the original msg store.
>
> Depending on your POP settings.
Note that you cannot move msgs *to* the POP3 server (but you can move
msgs to your INBOX), so it's not a traditional replication. In some
sense, your local POP INBOX is the original store, even if you enable
'leave mails on server'.
>> No, it can't. No way. (IIRC, I explained why on .ui a few days ago.)
>
> And since you did that, it has worked fine for me on Windows 2000.
You probably have a different network setup.
> Or perhaps IE just takes the generic `TCP error: No route to host' (the
> delightful text which 4.x uses), and guesses that the most likely
> explanation is that you are offline?
With my former setup, MSIE wouldn't get "No route to host" - the simple
*try* to reach an Internet server would cause the connection to come up.
Schroedinger's cat...
> So does Outlook Express for Windows, which has a `Hang Up' button on the
> toolbar (IIRC).
Oh, cool. We have that, too. Just that it doesn't help during startup.
