Hey Jan, On Mon, May 05, 2014 at 12:53:34PM +0200, Jan Kundrát wrote: > On Wednesday, 30 April 2014 16:03:09 CEST, George P. wrote: >> Sure, I can. The main thing I failed to explain here is that I >> fetch mail from my ISP POP3 server to my Linux box where I run an >> IMAP server. When I'm on Windows, I use Trojitá to connect to my >> Linux box and, when I'm on Linux, I use either Mutt or Trojitá. >> >> The thing is that I want to keep everything (both messages I've >> sent and messages I've received) on my ISP's POP3 server. That can >> be seen like a poor man's backup + I can access my email through >> Webmail, when I'm not home. > > Thanks for explaining that. Since you already run a custom IMAP > server, have you considered running a local submission server which > speaks SMTP on your Linux box? That way you could add the BCC-ing on > a single place. The actual submission could still take place > *through* your ISP's servers.
That's a very nice and elegant solution that I could never have thought of, thanks for mentioning it. > I'm also wondering what kind of an ISP offers POP3, but doesn't > offer IMAP. Do you have any problems with e.g. mail quotas on such a > setup? haha, a poor man's ISP, I guess! >> Aside from my specific usage scenario, the practice of BCC'ing >> one's self generally exists for other reasons too (bad reasons >> maybe, I don't know). > > These scenarios are usually implemented on the submission server, > though -- at least if we're talking about the same circumstances > (like a company-wide policy, etc.). Seems reasonable. >> Maybe in "pure" IMAP architectures/designs such a thing/need >> becomes obsolete, and since Trojitá is an IMAP client, I can >> understand that such a feature does not belong in the Trojitá >> "core". Here's where a scripting/plugin system could come into >> play. > > A scripting system indeed sounds great, but I'm not sure we have > enough volunteers to maintain it (you're the first and the only one > so far). > >> In case you're interested in incorporating the patch into the >> Trojitá "core", I can (now) see how this bcc checkbox pollutes the >> compose window. It sucks actually. In most cases, the user doesn't >> need to see it. Maybe we could add an option in the SMTP options >> tab that reads "Offer BCC self" (or something like that). Or maybe >> we can leave the patch here, just in case, and do nothing more. > > I think that the patch is rather specific to your use scenario. > Unless other people object, I do not think that it is a good idea to > include it. It's great that you say this yourself -- I do not like > telling people to "go away" at all, and especially not when they > went as far as making patches for themselves. Yeah, I perfectly understand what you mean. If everything was accepted then the project would loose its personality and, even worse, could become bloated and unmaintainable; so, in a sense, I like that you "rejected" my patch :-) I really like that trojita strives to do one thing (be an IMAP client) and do it well; let's keep it that way! Cheers, George > Cheers, > Jan > > -- > Trojitá, a fast Qt IMAP e-mail client -- http://trojita.flaska.net/ >
