using kontact and IMAP

[Lindsay Mathieson]

> Lindsay Mathieson wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 2 Apr 2009 11:42:51 pm Derek Broughton wrote:
> >> Essentially when you use IMAP nothing is downloaded
> until you ask for it, >> so don't expect to be able to use
> > it offline. 
> > That's what Disconnected IMAP mode in Kontact is used
> for, 
> 
> well, sure, but that's not IMAP :-)

Uh, well - yes it is. Its the IMAP protocol with an offline
cache. Lookup the IMAP RFC, it specifically mentions a
disconnected mode which Kontact has implemented.

> 
> >> > On the other hand, it
> >> > would not be very practical for me to automatically
> download every >> > (huge) e-mail folder. That's why, my
> question is: it is possible to >> > determine from case to
> case whether I want to download 1 or more >> > e-mails or
> not? >>
> >> Possible, yes; practical ?  I'm not sure.
> > 
> > I dunno if its even possible with IMAP, its just not
> > designed that way. More the job for one of those POP
> preview clients.
> 
> Hey, it's Linux - of course it's possible. :-)  That _is_
> what dIMAP does.  

No it doesn't. There is no way to selectively download
messages with dIMAP, its all or nothing.

>Or you could write some kind of script
> to get every message.  The "not practical" part is that
> (a) you wouldn't want to do the latter and (b) last time I
> tried dIMAP it wasn't that reliable - but that's a long
> time back. -- 
> derek


<shudders> I remember those days  ... its a *lot* better
now. You still want to be cautious if doing mailbox
maintenance and sync between every folder move/delete
operation. But for everyday mail download and read stuff its
fine.




Lindsay Mathieson
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