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Eudora/Mailstrom/popper/IMAP/ question ( alternate mailbox )

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From: Steven D. Majewski
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 18:00
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I've managed to get popper up and running on my sun and I've been trying
out Eudora. I like the interface and we will probably use it for all of 
the non-unix/mostly-mac users in the front office. 

But I would like to keep my mail sorted on the unix host rather than locally
on the mac. Is there any way to get Eudora/popper to read from a different
mailbox than the default system mailbox? 

From my quick scan of the Eudora docs and especially the POP-3 protocol rfc,
I would guess the answer is "NO". ( But I wouldn't mind some verification
from somebody who really KNOWS! ;-)

I also tried to get Mailstrom to work, before I read the appendix and saw
that the IMAP host it refers to is a completely different protocol:
[ rfc1203 Interactive Mail Access Protocol - version 3 (Obsoletes RFC 1064) ]
( I also note, that in looking up that number, I see that I've been reading 
  a superceded version of POP-2: rfc1081 instead of rfc1225 - so maybe there
  are added functions ? ) 
From another quick scan of the documents, this protocol seems to be 
designed more for what I have in mind: access to a centralized mail repository
from multiple clients in a way that keeps changes common to all. 

Is that an accurate description of the different domains 
of those two protocols?

Where can I find an IMAP server for unix ? 

Are there any IMAP clients for MS-DOS ? 
	(or others for Mac besides Mailstrom?)


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From: sdm7g@aemsun.med.Virginia.EDU (Steven D. Majewski)
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Subject: Eudora/Mailstrom/popper/IMAP/ question ( alternate mailbox )
Keywords: POP-3, IMAP, client/server, Eudora, Mailstrom, popper
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