On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Sotiris Tsimbonis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't think that you'll find any piece of software that internally > 'translates' pop3 commands to imap ..
Unless it saves a local copy of the mailbox... > Pop3 sessions are usually locked, so multiple sessions are not possible.. > Unless something like the following is set in dovecot.conf > > # Keep the mailbox locked for the entire POP3 session. > pop3_lock_session = no > > but this is dovecot specific (does this mail provider use dovecot?). No idea about the provider. > Also, I believe that behaviour will probably by uncertain if, say, multiple > pop3 clients try to modify the same (single) mbox file.. So it also depends > on the mailbox format you are trying to access, maybe Maildir or dbox are > better.. > > [..] > > Again.. Many people using pop3.. Depends on mail server software and mailbox > format.. IMAP does multiple sessions better. Just thinking aloud... Could be a solution if I keep a local copy of the mailbox fetching it somehow through imap or pop3 from the provider and then use dovecot with "pop3_lock_session = no" to serve the clients? I'm not sure of it just because I don't know how the certified email internally works. Thank you for your help, Diego.