Hi 9Val, On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 17:57:50 +0200 UTC (3/10/2005, 9:57 AM -0600 UTC my time), 9Val wrote:
9> You have good server, not all servers allow that. LOL... I think pretty much most IMAP servers are that way, Binc and I think, Courier are on Unix/Linux (I use Binc as you know), and I am using MDaemon Pro in XP for IMAPS also.. I don't know about UW-IMAP as I have never used it. But it makes sense, any connection to the server is just another socket connection, and its only limitation is that of the OS as to number of total sockets. Regarding locking of a mailbox in IMAP, there can't be any. An example would be a public mailbox on an enterprise IMAP server which might have 100, 200, 500 or more simultaneous connections to it at any given time, so it can't be locked, as a POP3 mailbox would. I also think the type of mailbox is important also in the way it stores email on an IMAP server. Examples, in the mbox format style, all mail is stored on one spool, versus the Maildir format where each email is stored as individual email, not on one spool. Therefore, there is no mbox spool locking required when new mail arrives to be appended to the spool, or to be read by the user(s). Binc, Courier, and MDaemon work on Maildir type formats, each email separate, therefore making multiple accesses to the same email, in the same mailbox possible. -- Gary ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.0.9.3 Pre-beta | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
