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Re: [imap5] Feature set? - was Re: Designing a new replacement protocol for IMAP

Jan Kundrát <jkt@flaska.net> Fri, 17 February 2012 10:15 UTC

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Subject: Re: [imap5] Feature set? - was Re: Designing a new replacement protocol for IMAP
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On 02/16/12 23:37, Bron Gondwana wrote:
> Rarely.  I don't even know an IMAP client which supports doing that.
> It's not like SMTP would disappear if you need something more complex.

Even Thunderbird supports this, although through an extension nowadays
("Redirect Mail" IIRC). Unless I'm mistaken, they used to support it
out-of-the-box in the TB 2.x series.

You're probably right that "most people" have never used it, but it's a
feature that's here for a good reason and could be useful, IMHO.

Cheers,
-jkt

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