Chris Green chris@areti.co.uk wrote:
On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 03:55:26PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: [...]
Another IMAP server that I think handles mbox is imap4d from the GNU mailutils. I've never tried it (but probably should). http://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/manual/html_node/mailutils_44.html
Is that not just the UW IMAP server being re-distributed?
Looking at the Changelog suggests not. Even if it is, then it's been forked for over 5 years.
However my main compaint is with the rubbish way the webmail (and other) clients handle IMAP, the general idea seems to be that they show me how the IMAP server works - which should be transparent.
Yes, IMAP clients usually get to the "it works" stage and leaves the rest to the user. The few that don't make assumptions about the names of your folders which are unwarranted.
I think the c-client libraries from UW used a strange syntax and most mail clients just left users to type in that odd collection of braces and brackets. That wasn't too bad if you had a server guru who told you what to do, but no fun if you were setting up both sides yourself.
On the client side, I found GNUmail was fairly easy when I last used it for IMAP (2 minor versions ago), but it wants at least one Draft/Sent combinations (can be local rather than IMAP) I agree that good IMAP is very rare. Anyone seen a recent review or willing to help write one?