On Mon, Dec 06, 1999 at 01:07:46PM -0600, David DeSimone wrote:
> What you really want is IMAP, not POP3. In fact, Mutt supports IMAP
> quite well in the development versions (1.1+), and it gives exactly the
> sort of interactivity that you seek. That is, in fact, what the IMAP
> protocol was designed for. The POP3 protocol was never designed to be
> an interactive protocol at all.
>
I quite agree, but unfortunately the number of ISPs that support IMAP
is negligable, so until that time we're stuck with POP3 and the MUA
needs to cope with it.
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