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Started by Steven D. Majewski
Thu, 27 Aug 1992 18:00
Eudora/Mailstrom/popper/IMAP/ question ( alternate mailbox )
Author: Steven D. Majewski
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 18:00
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- version 3 (Obsoletes RFC 1064) ] ( I also note, that in looking up that number, I see that I've been reading a superceded version of POP-2: rfc1081 instead of rfc1225 - so maybe there are added functions ?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?) ======== "If you have a hammer, find a nail" - George Bush,'91 ========= Steven D. Majewski University of Virginia Physiology Dept. sdm7g@Virginia.EDU Box 449 Health Sciences Center Voice: (804)-982-0831/32 1300 Jefferson Park Avenue FAX: (804)-982-1616 Charlottesville, VA 22908
Re: Eudora/Mailstrom/popper/IMAP/ question ( alternate mailbox )
Author: Edgar Karl Nielsen
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 21:19
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 21:19
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Steven D. Majewski (sdm7g@aemsun.med.Virginia.EDU) wrote: > > ... > 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. > This is correct. So you can read your mail using any IMAP clients or, for unix, just use regular unix mailers if you want to(if the mail spool directory is mounted!). The one thing is that only 1 IMAP client can have read/write access at a time. So if you are reading your mail with pine on the unix side and then startup Mailstrom on a mac, the mailstrom session will be read-only. My understanding is that POP transfers all of your mail to the local machine when you connect while IMAP will only transfer all of the stuff if you tell it to do this. For example, when you look at the list of mail subjects, only the subjects are transferred to your IMAP client. > > Where can I find an IMAP server for unix ? 2 places I know of: sumex.stanford.edu in imap/server ftphost.cac.washington.edu in imap/imap.tar.Z Note that the pine mailer in there is a UNIX IMAP client.... We use the one from ftphost - seems to work w/o problems. > > Are there any IMAP clients for MS-DOS ? > (or others for Mac besides Mailstrom?) I think the Univ. of Washington may be porting pine to DOS.... My sources are offline right now so I can't check the various README files for pine. The only other Mac IMAP client is MacMS and I believe it is now superceded by MailStrom - mailstrom seems pretty nice all and all. -- All opinions are my own.... --------- Edgar Nielsen
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