The problem is real, but it isn't a "bug" so much as a missing
feature. Outlook Express, to use one example, keeps two different
computers accessing the same IMAP account in perfect sync. That is,
not just "new" message headers are downloaded.
For example, let's say I create a new folder in OE while at work, and
move 17 messages into it, and send 12 emails (so that they appear in
Sent Items), and start a message but save it to finish later, etc.
Then I go home and start up OE there. After a bit of churning, my home
machine's OE folder reflect the new folder, all new messages (which
aren't "new" any more, since I've read them at work), the sent items,
and even the drafts.
You can accomplish sort of the same thing with TB! if you're willing
to spend a *lot* of time every day with the Dispatch Mail On Server
interface. I had to do that when I first converted to TB! at work, and
I don't use that particular IMAP account often, so I just make a note
to myself to use the DMOS option when I know I want certain messages
to appear at work now.
In my view, this is one place where OE has it right and TB! has it
wrong. What MS understood and TB! creators might be missing is that
IMAP isn't just a POP replacement as far as a protocol for
transferring mail, it is truly a remote-messaging system, so that all
information should be stored on the server, and it should all always
be available to all clients. This is the basic philosophy of IMAP
which isn't catered to very well by TB!'s interface or operation.
For example, when using IMAP, I shouldn't have to say Leave Mail On
Server. That is pretty much a given with IMAP. Only headers should be
downloaded by default, though that is changeable. In any case, the
message bodies and headers and folders on the server *always* override
the client. That's the philosophy of IMAP. The client isn't to be a
source of any information, though it can certainly cache information
for convenience.
Of course, I'm sure others disagree, but IMAP exists for a reason, and
I believe that it isn't well served by TB!
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Phillip
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Friday, October 13, 2000, 4:17:51 AM:
rgdn> hi Mark,
>> Are you using IMAP or POP3? With IMAP there is need to select 'Leave
>> messages on server' as IMAP keeps all messages on the server in their
>> designated mail folders.
rgdn> i'm using POP3 for mail accounts with various providers and IMAP (Intrastore
Server by
rgdn> Syntegra - formerly Control Data) at work.
rgdn> if you do not specify 'leave on server' TB will delete them, believe me <g>
>> The log file lacks such details.
rgdn> what kind of detail do you want ?? IMAP protocol commands ?
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