The Value of Free Software

[Scott Kitterman]

On Wednesday 12 July 2006 15:13, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> · Scott Kitterman <ubuntu at kitterman.com>:
> > I do the same thing they wanted to do.  The problem is that with IMAP,
> > the message store is on the server so whatever bandwidth/connectivity
> > limits or storage size limits you have on the server apply.  With POP,
> > you keep it all local.
>
> You can do the same with IMAP, with Disconnected Mode IMAP, to be exact.
> In this mode, the client also has everything local.
>
> The only problem: Not every client supports this. I know that KMail does.
>
OK.  That's part of the problem.  That still doesn't address server storage 
limits.  My inbox currently has 4,823 messages and takes up about 1.8GB on 
disk.  My domain host doesn't give me that kind of space.  Now before you 
say, "yes but you could...", I know, but I like doing it this way and using 
search tools to find particular messages.  I don't want to invest time in 
filing e-mail.

> > Also, in my case, I keep all the mail worth keeping on the desktop
> > and mail that still needs action on my phone.  Keeping two distinct
> > message sets from two different locations isn't easy to do with IMAP.
>
> That's true - why should one even *want* to do that?
>
Because my phone only has 16mb of RAM and so all the messages won't fit.  
Think of it as an e-mail based to do list.  In a perfect world, I'd have 
everything everywhere, but the world is nowhere near perfect.

Scott K