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From: gcw5217@rice.edu (Chris Warrington)
Subject: [sup-talk] Gmail IMAP with sup
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:02:10 -0500 (CDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0804161400430.53@short-eared.owlnet.rice.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1208366079-sup-486@cabinet>


On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Marc Hartstein wrote:
> Just curious, why do people prefer offlineimap to fetchmail (using
> either IMAP or POP protocols)?  Given that sup doesn't write back to the
> store, so you're not getting the IMAP advantage of sending read status
> back to the server...

* Easier to setup
* Easier to na\:\ively backup
* I can sync changes back easily if I modify with a different local client

-- 
Christopher Warrington <chrisw at rice.edu>
(away from his normal computer)




      reply	other threads:[~2008-04-16 19:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-04-15 22:30 Miles Pomeroy
2008-04-16  1:46 ` Jeff Balogh
2008-04-28 16:25   ` Miles Pomeroy
2008-04-29 17:45     ` William Morgan
2008-04-16 15:16 ` William Morgan
2008-04-16 15:30   ` Kendall Grant Clark
2008-04-16 17:15   ` Marc Hartstein
2008-04-16 19:02     ` Chris Warrington [this message]

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