I don't use Apple's IMAP, but that of my College. Using two different computers and receiving complaints when I leave mail on the POP- server for even 1 day, IMAP has its attractions. For IMAP to work nicely with PM it should be faste, filters should apply, and searching should be possible. That would make me very happy! On Mail all this works reasonably well., but needless to add, I still live by PM's search facilities, which remain the absolute top—Mail doesn't even come close.
On 2 Jun 2005, at 7:01 pm, PowerMail discussions wrote: > powermail-discuss Digest #2137 - Thursday, June 2, 2005 > > Re: Who uses IMAP > by "John Maylone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Re: Feature Request: GROWL > by "Tim Hodgson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Re: Feature Request: GROWL > by "Ben Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Re: Re-Wrap Quoted Lines > by "Richard Hart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Re: Who uses IMAP > by "Michael Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Who uses IMAP > From: "John Maylone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 12:24:55 -0700 > > > Yeah, didn't they advertise them as "free for life"? I got my > account, switched everything over to that, thinking "cool....never > again" and the next thing I know it was "pay up or get out". That > was certainly the low point in my relationship with Mr Jobs. > > Reminded me SOOO much of my ex, but she processed data at a much > slovwer rate. > > Cheers, > > John > > > >> I had a .Mac account when they were free and dropped it when I had >> to start paying for it. >> > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Feature Request: GROWL > From: "Tim Hodgson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 22:53:20 +0100 > > On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 6:06 pm +0200, Karel Gillissen wrote: > > >> You can turn them off in the preferences: >> Go to Preferences -> notifications >> >> Karel >> >> Op vrijdag, 27 mei 2005 schreef Lally Singh: >> >> >>> Hi. The one thing that gets me about PM is that every time I >>> open up >>> my laptop, the dock icon bounces incessantly until I click OK on >>> each >>> of three different "No POP server on X" dialogs. I donno how many >>> others it bothers, but I know it's constantly making me think of >>> other >>> mail clients to look at. >>> > > Yes, I've done the same, but it makes me a bit uneasy that I now don't > get notification of genuine problems connecting to the server. > > But I notice that one of PM 5.2's features is: "A new method is > used to > determine when the computer is connected to the network; this may fix > some difficultes when PowerMail tried to connect immediately after > wake- > up." So maybe an upgrade will help? > > TimH > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Feature Request: GROWL > From: "Ben Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 18:28:02 -0400 > > Tim Hodgson wrote at 10:53 pm (+0100) on Wed 01 Jun 2005: > > >> But I notice that one of PM 5.2's features is: "A new method is >> used to >> determine when the computer is connected to the network; this may fix >> some difficultes when PowerMail tried to connect immediately after >> wake- >> up." So maybe an upgrade will help? >> > > In practice this change has, at least for me simply increased the > amount > of time I spend waiting for spinning beach balls (regardless of how > well > my net connection is working). Oh well. > > -ben > > -- > Ben Kennedy, chief magician > zygoat creative technical services > 613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628 > http://www.zygoat.ca > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Re-Wrap Quoted Lines > From: "Richard Hart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 16:19:50 -0700 > > Daniele Procida wrote: > > >> I'd like to be able to rewrap lines that I have >> quoted, like the one above, at the touch of a button. >> If anyone uses MacSOUP for news then they will know >> how useful this is (MacSOUP can rewrap several levels >> of quoted text instantly an neatly). >> > > What you are looking for is SmartWrap, a word service which appears in > your Services menu in every application. It's default keyboard > shortcut > is Shift-Cmd-A, but you can change that. > > <http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/4065> > > RH > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Who uses IMAP > From: "Michael Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 19:53:37 -0400 > > C. A. Niemiec sez: > > >> So my question: Is IMAP ever _fast_? >> > > IMAP is just as fast as POP. However, the sequence for things is > different, so it APPEARS slower to us. With POP, unless you've set > some > weird pref somewhere, it downloads all of your email at once. So, when > you click on an email, you see it -- POOF. With IMAP, only the > headers of > an email are downloaded and shown in a list. Then, when you click, it > downloads the message, so there is a brief pause while it does > this. The > faster your internet connection (the better the server, etc.) > determines > how "slow" this feels to you. > > I like the idea of IMAP because everything stays on the server. > Ostensibly it could be set up so that spam and viruses and such > never get > to your computer. When you see a header in the list that made it past > your IMAP server-based spam checkers, you delete it and POOF it's gone > before it ever downloads to your system. I like that. > > However, as a system admin, I never could convince anyone that the > protection it afforded (along with the organizational abilities and > other > pluses if you worked from multiple workstations in multiple > environments) > trumped having to wait an extra .05-2 seconds for the email to pop > up for > reading. (And caching and other techniques available these days could > probably even fix that.) Also, I never could convince people it was a > good thing to archive old mail in other local folders to free space on > the IMAP server when their quota was reached. "But I want it all! I > might > have to look up that letter from 1995!" Well, some people may, but, > trust > me, those I was dealing with did not. :) > > POP has several features one can enable to emulate what IMAP does: > leave > mail on server, partial downloading, etc., but in my experience it has > never been exactly what IMAP is. > > Do I use IMAP? With my .Mac account I do, but I usually connect to > it via > web browser and not through Powermail anyway. Otherwise, the nature of > the work I do now is serviced well enough by POP accounts. But I > wouldn't > hesitate to set up an IMAP server if I felt it was best for an > organization... > > -- > Michael Lewis > Off Balance Productions > 240-271-9889 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.offbalance.com > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > End of powermail-discuss Digest > > >
