8/8/2006  2:59 PM

Hi Gleason,

On 8/8/2006 Gleason Pace wrote:


GP> Vilius,

>> Hello Fabio,

>> Tuesday, August 8, 2006, 7:36:38 PM, you wrote:

>>> Hello tbbeta,

>>>   I  have  been  using  TB!  for years with pop3 accounts, and now I'd
>>>   linke  to  switch  to  IMAP  (on my own server). I have read lots of
>>>   negative comments about IMAP some months ago, then quite no more.

>> That's because all active IMAP users left TB! for other email clients.

GP> I'm surprised that you would think that.  There are a number in
GP> this list who use it, including me.  I have two imaps and 3 pops. 
GP> The main imap account has 18,000 messages on the server.

>> I switched to MS Outlook 2007 beta at work not long ago. It's GREAT. Outlook
>> Express is great with IMAP too.

GP> Yes, I have looked at outlook 2007 beta.  No, I don't think it is even 
close to TB.  OE stinks.

>>>   Is  someone  using  TB  with  dovecot  IMAP  server and with folders
>>>   containing thousands (5000, 10000, 20000) of messages?

>> Yes, I am using Cyrus and Dovecot IMAP servers with more than 50k
>> messages.

>>>   Can  (or  should)  TB!  create  a full local cache of messages (with
>>>   bodies too) to allow me to run TB! while disconnected?

>> Yes TB! can create full local cache and you can browse messages while
>> offline. But IMAP implementation in TB! is far from usable state. It's
>> not even in beta state.

Thank you for sending the truth of experience to dispel the smoke of
ignorance and assumption.

-- 
Take Care,
Paul

Voyager v.3.80.04 on Win2k SP4-Rollup1 5.0.2195
No IMAP  OTFE  Opera 8.5


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