On 23 Nov 2021, at 9:46, Randall Gellens wrote: > On 23 Nov 2021, at 2:47, Robert Brenstein wrote: > >> I was using such moving as you describe when I was using Eudora. Switching >> from POP to IMAP changed the paradigm. With Mailmate, I just leave messages >> in the Inbox and instead of moving have smart mailboxes to show those >> selected messages. For what you describe as Inbox, I have a smart mailbox >> called incoming. Same end effect with no physical movements and actually >> more control. > > I have been using IMAP since last century, even with Eudora. I understand the > advantages of virtual mailboxes, but I prefer the certainty and > interoperability of using multiple real mailboxes. E.g., sometimes I access > my mail using Mail on an iOS device, or even webmail. Virtual mailboxes are > of course only useful within MailMate.
Also, some IMAP mail hosts have limits on how many messages may be in INBOX, so having the ability to accurately and efficiently file messages becomes important. randy _______________________________________________ mailmate mailing list mailmate@lists.freron.com https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate
