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Run a local IMAPd server for extra Mail storage
Authored by: tinker on Jun 08, '04 04:50:58PM
Having confused at least two people, let me clarify: mzs and rainwadj are right on. The problem with storing mail "on my Mac" is that there's a lot of it and I want to access it from elsewhere. For some time I had an rsync script set up to synchronize my POP mailboxes across computers, but that's a substantial pain. Worse, I'd go through two days' worth of spam while out of the office, then return to the office and find 100+ messages waiting for me -- the same spam, waiting to be re-deleted!!

The point is, whenever I fire up Mail.app, I'm now looking at the same mail. When I file something at home, it's filed when I get to work. In short, it's all of the benefits of IMAP rather than POP, and I can access the entirety of my massive mail archive wherever I go, despite my mail provider's meager limits.

(And thanks, mzs, for the benefit of the doubt; truth is, this guy's a desperate mail user! And while necessity is the mother of invention, desperation is the doctor who performs the C-section....)

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Run a local IMAPd server for extra Mail storage
Authored by: quentinsf on Jun 08, '04 05:49:33PM

Another advantage is that you can switch between different email programs at will without having to import all your old messages.



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Run a local IMAPd server for extra Mail storage
Authored by: sjk on Jun 08, '04 06:49:36PM

And POP can only access one INBOX per account. With IMAP any mailbox can be an INBOX.



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Run a local IMAPd server for extra Mail storage
Authored by: david-bo on Jun 13, '04 07:11:13PM

This is ridiculous (with one exception, if you receive 100MB+ of mail in every other day or so, this hint makes sense).

Why not just archive all mail stored on your ISP:s mailserver to your local HD once a month or so, i.e., leave mail on server for, for example, 30 days?

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Run a local IMAPd server for extra Mail storage
Authored by: tinker on Jun 16, '04 02:17:05PM

Because you only have to file things once -- you can file everything directly to the mail archive instead of having to coordinate folders every 30 days; because you can have access to all of your mail, not just the last 30 days' worth (at most; 0 days at least) from wherever you are; because, once it's up and running, it's easy.

If you want to archive locally as well, you can just go to the Advanced panel and select "Keep copies of messages for offline viewing: all messages and their attachments." Voila.



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