-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Martin Bernreuther wrote: | Am Freitag, 13. Juni 2008 schrieb Alexey Feldgendler: |>> By default you just download the headers without having to get the text |>> of every message, |> You can do that with IMAP, which is the modern protocol for accessing your |> mail. | | You can receive only the headers on the IMAP server???
Only from the IMAP server to MUA (user's local client). I do not believe that SMTP has the ability to accept headers only, which is the protocol that does the actual transfer of email messages. IMAP only talks to your MUA. | | We're NOT talking about downloading only the headers from | the IMAP server to a client machine, right? If the email is | on the IMAP server, it's already too late: you've got the email | (with an impact to your quota) and you have to get rid of it. | (if you don't like it). If I don't want to delete it manually: | How does it work? | (I also don't want to delete email after a predefined time period!) | | But eMail is definitely more common than news, | and to reach "masses" you better use a mailing list. | Is it possible to have both ways at once? | I have looked in to this for my local LUG. The short answer is no. There are options but with those options come limitations (ie. certain solutions lock you into a particular web front end or mailing list package). Personally, as I am subscribed to a number of different lists, being able to sort, read, delete etc. in a single interface with a single set of credentials is the killer feature. If you can get email from a provider that supports sieve or some other server based filtering, you can get the messages sorted into folder before you ever access your account. Nice if you have to use a webmail interface at all. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIVNJEwRXgH3rKGfMRAssYAJ9S23H9gEDSFLttJF/+eX8OgkMoNwCeII7F GhXgdpq3p7V8dR6DfQuI5ko= =PByN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community