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List:       kdepim-users
Subject:    Re: [kdepim-users] Kmail and MS-Exchange via IMAP
From:       Bernhard Holzmayer <Holzmayer.Bernhard () Foerstergroup ! de>
Date:       2004-07-02 5:54:56
Message-ID: 837453f94a9f1bef1987fc393c20e63640e5060f () foerstergroup ! de
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On Thursday 01 July 2004 22:44, Janus Sandsgaard wrote:

...
> How about searching in many and large mail folders? I just ran into
> the term "connected" and "disconnected" IMAP. Do you know the
> difference and how Kmail work in this respect?

I use IMAP folders mainly to sort incoming mail (automatically) so that
I can read them as I find it appropriate. 
Means, I have folders for mailing lists, for people who mail me often,
or for special topics.
Procmail does the filtering by scanning header lines.
And the rest, I do manually.

Nevertheless (or because of this?), I don't have huge folders, 
and thus have no experience with.

>
> The Kontact project looks interesting and I am looking forward to
> see if the upcoming plug-in for Exchange will work with Exchange
> 5.5 (Ximian Evolution/ Connector does not).

I'm watching it, too. Admins in our firm wait for a neat solution.

>
> > The big advantage of an IMAP server is that you can use different
> > mail clients at the same time
> > or one after the other.
>
> Haven't thought about that. Might try that. Will Kmail and
> Evolution then create each their own (local) mirror of the mail
> folders.

No, they won't. At least in my setup. All folders are generated on the 
IMAP servers, all mail (which is not due to the shredder) stays there.
I can't see a need for mirrors (which tend to create inconsistencies).

Securing the IMAP folders / backup strategy is another issue,
but it's certainly no good idea to fetch mails from an IMAP server
as you would if it were a POP3 server.

I'll demonstrate:
new mail A is on IMAP server.
I fetch it reading with kmail.
I decide, I'll need it some day in the future, therefore store it in
local folder X.
Another day, I access my IMAP server again, but from @ work,
seeing mail B, which needs urgent reply.
But I should relate to contents of mail A, which is @home in 
local folder :-(

How I handle it:
new mail A is on IMAP server.
I fetch it reading with kmail.
I decide, I'll need it some day in the future, therefore store it in
IMAP folder X.
Another day, I access my IMAP server again, but from @ work,
seeing mail B, which needs urgent reply.
I must relate to contents of mail A, which is in folder X on IMAP server.
I access it easily :-)

In fact, this happens to me even at home, because I read mails
once from my towerPC, next time using my notebook.
I disliked the fact of not having old mails available, that I installed 
an IMAP server so that I can use it from both machines (LAN).

Bernhard
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