On Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 01:25:03PM +0300, Mikko Hänninen wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Mon, 05 Jun 2000:
> > It may be the 'right' answer but unless you have control of the IMAP
> > server it's not very practical is it! When using IMAP there really
> > isn't an MDA involved.
>
> This has been discussed before. :-)
>
You could say that! :-)
> Just because the mail folders reside on a remote server still doesn't
> mean Mutt should provide message filtering. The "Right Way" would be
> to have a specific IMAP-filtering-tool that connects to the IMAP server
> and filters messages in a folder according to some rules. This is
> (supposedly) entirely doable since IMAP allows for downloading of
> headers or even just specific headears (?), and also allows for message
> saving/moving to another folder on server-side.
>
Of course, but as there isn't such a tool yet we have to offer
workarounds. Also since not all IMAP servers are created equal
it makes the job that much more difficult.
> It's just that nobody's done this yet. Looking for writing a killer
> application that would eventually be highly utilized, comparable to
> procmail? Here's your chance to write one.
>
Thanks! :-)
>
> And oh, a MDA is *always* involved, MTA's don't do delivery. :-)
>
But, to play devil's advocate, with an IMAP server the mail isn't
'delivered', you view it on the server.
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