AL> This is interesting for me, because there is actually the possibility AL> for me to install IMAP4-mail-server software on my server. I should AL> then be able to use TB! already now without having to wait for v2 as I AL> can chose between POP3 and IMAP as protocols in TB! - or am I AL> misunderstanding something here?
Let me try to get things straight: Running an IMAP server on your local server is a cool idea, but you will probably want to read your email from your ISP's (POP3) mail account. Short of changing your ISP's mail technology, you might run your own IMAP server, but you'd still need something that fetches mail from your POP3 account and pushes it into your IMAP server. I'm certain there are tools available for this, but I don't know of any. The standard ix tools (fetchmail, sendmail, qmail, etc) can probably be configured to do that; I somehow think your server runs Linux? The reason for mentioning TB! V2 is that the current IMAP support in TB! is limited to using IMAP as an alternative transport protocol, alternative to POP3. Meaning, TB! connects to an IMAP server, ignores all the nice ideas about server-side mail folders, and downloads the messages to local folders. You may configure TB! so that it doesn't delete the messages from the (IMAP) server, but it's not quite the same thing. "Proper IMAP support" means server-side folders. One can have multiple clients open and they are synchronized automatically; a message that is deleted in client 1 will disappear in client 2, a message written and saved as draft will appear in all other open clients, etc. TB! unfortunately isn't quite there yet. Hope that helps. Bernd -- ________________________________________________________ Current Ver: 1.61 FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bug Reports: https://www.ritlabs.com/bt/
