And to add, Outlook is quite capable of downloading only POP headers or download only pop headers for items over a size configured at the client.
Tools-->Options-->Mail Setup-->Send/Receive Settings. This is on Outlook 2002 or 2003 at least. William On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 16:01, William Lefkovics wrote: > That only partly solves the problem. An email client being able to > configure this feature is not an appropriate admin tool to perform this > simple task for groups of users. > > Sure Outlook is not the best POP or IMAP client. Both Outlook and IMail > suck for what RMilner wants to accomplish with POP. Whenever possible, > I would deploy IMAP over POP as well. > > It's not an unreasonable feature request for an email server to handle. > > William > > > On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 13:06, Sanford Whiteman wrote: > > > But if it is handled at the email client side, then the damage is > > > already done - as the email had to be retrieved off the server at > > > that point. > > > > Wrong. As others have pointed out, you're seeing the limitations of > > Outlook more than those of IMail. Your objection to IMail--"written > > from a programmer's point of view and not an end user's"--would be > > better assigned to Outlook (except you should substitute "marketer's" > > for "programmer's"). > > > > A smart mail client, such as The Bat!, can perform server-side pruning > > of messages without taking up any extra bandwidth. It features a > > "dispatch mail on server" feature which solves your problem, pure and > > simple. Other mail clients can do the same, as well as automatically > > leaving large messages on the server, (and I actually believe that > > very old versions of OL did as well, IIRC). The POP3 verbs are there > > to do all of this; if Outlook doesn't use them, it's not using > > standards-based functions. While it would be nice if IMail had this > > ability, my finger stays pointed at MS. > > > > -Sandy > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Sanford Whiteman, Chief Technologist > > Broadleaf Systems, a division of > > Cypress Integrated Systems, Inc. > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
