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- From: trsnyder@mcs.drexel.edu (Bob Snyder)
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- Subject: Re: QM vs Eudora/POP (was Re: QM vs MS Mail)
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- Date: 30 Dec 92 20:38:51 GMT
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- In article <alain-301292105754@besouro.linguist.jussieu.fr> alain@linguist.jussieu.fr writes:
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- Another important difference is the way a single account can be accessed
- from several machines. If you use Eudora, you can access the underlying
- Unix mail account using TELNET or Eudora from any Mac on the Internet,
- even you're running Eudora on another Mac at the same time. To avoid
- having incomplete mailboxes all over the place, one simply configures
- Eudora on all Macs but a "main" one to put mail back on the Unix server
- after reading it. All mail eventually winds up in the main machine's
- mailbox when Eudora polls the unix server from that machine. Unfortunately
- you cannot access mailboxes on one Mac from another Mac.
-
- Well, you probably could using File Sharing, but....
-
- Right now my Mac mail program of choice would probably be Mailstrom, which
- uses the IMAP protocol to manipulate mail folders on the mail server. All
- mail is kept on server, so multiple people per machine isn't a problem, nor
- is security (for receiving mail). This also means you can access your mail
- from just about anywhere. It's real annoying to dial in from home to get some
- information from a mail file, only to realize it's on your Mac.... (no, ARA
- isn't an option. :( ).
-
- Eudora is a lot more solid, and the interface is better.... Any chance of
- support IMAP, Steve? :-)
-
- Mailstrom is available from sumex-aim.stanford.edu under /imap. The server
- you need to run is under /imap as well.
-
- Bob
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