Can you save messages on an SD card even though you want those emails deleted from the IMAP server?
I would love to see if I can use ChatterMail like I use Snappermail... I have many many emails stored on the SD card that I want to save for future use... But don't need them on the IMAP server. Roger --- Roger Prokic Baltimore, Maryland USA -=[ This email was sent from a Palm Treo 680 palm computer using SnapperMail Enterprise Edition v2.3.7.01 ]=- ...... Original Message ....... On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 00:15:08 +0000 sddawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >--- In [email protected], "Bill Motzing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Thanks again. I'm still getting up to speed on e-mail technologies. >> Fastmail.FM provides IMAP email accounts that allow you to use >Versamail and >> sync with Outlook because the folders are all kept on a server. Basic >> service is $14.95 one time fee. >> >> I'm still not fully up to speed with all email technologies, however I >> understand IMAP is partially push technology. From what I understand >it will >> alert you but not send the whole message. Anyone that has more info >> regarding Versamail and IMAP push capabilities please let me know. As an >> aside, the iPhone will use Push IMAP, a new protocol based on IMAP. > >The IMAP protocol supports a command called IDLE. This lets an email >client sit and "listen". When a new email arrives, the IMAP server >send an unsolicited message to the client, and the client then >retrieves the email. This makes it "push". > >Versamail doesn't support the IDLE command, and is therefore only push >with Outlook. There is a great Treo email client called Chatter, which >does support IDLE. It even runs in the background so it gets >notification of emails while you're running other apps. I've been >using it for ages in conjunction with a Fastmail account. It's >brilliant, and better than Versamail. So brilliant, in fact, that Palm >recently bought it! You can find it at >http://www.palm.com/us/chatteremail/. Unfortunately, it costs, but to >my mind it's well worth it. You can download a trial to test. > >If you use an IMAP client on multiple platforms, you have one view of >your email, because it lives on the IMAP server. Doesn't require >Outlook Exchange, but you can use Outlook, Outlook Express (which both >support IDLE too) to access the IMAP server. Even clients that don't >support IDLE (Apple Mail for example until Leopard) work fine - they >just poll on a set frequency like POP clients, but the mail still >lives on the server so stuff you read or delete on one client is >reflected on the other. Definitely the way to go! > >Have fun! > > >
