[sup-talk] Gmail IMAP with sup

Chris Warrington gcw5217 at rice.edu
Wed Apr 16 15:02:10 EDT 2008


On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Marc Hartstein wrote:
> Just curious, why do people prefer offlineimap to fetchmail (using
> either IMAP or POP protocols)?  Given that sup doesn't write back to the
> store, so you're not getting the IMAP advantage of sending read status
> back to the server...

* Easier to setup
* Easier to na\:\ively backup
* I can sync changes back easily if I modify with a different local client

-- 
Christopher Warrington <chrisw at rice.edu>
(away from his normal computer)




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