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Re: Internet Draft for flexible proxying of the mail protocols

Tony Hansen <tony@att.com> Thu, 28 September 2000 21:31 UTC

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Something lots of people miss is that IMAP doesn't >>require<< the
support for server-side mailboxes (other than INBOX). It's purely a
server-side decision whether or not to allow messages to be stored
there.

	Tony Hansen
	tony@att.com

Lee Thompson wrote:
> 
> > For POP, the protocol is arguably dying in favor of IMAP4.
> 
> Here's your argument :)
> 
> I wouldn't say POP3 is dying.   At least not from where I sit. Most ISPs
> appear to not want to be message stores for people either.  (Large
> corporations and Universities, I'm sure, love IMAP.)

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