[Alpine-info] creating a rule..

[Barry Landy]

On Wed, 31 Aug 2011, Matt Ackeret wrote:


:>On Tue, 30 Aug 2011, Eduardo Chappa wrote:

:>>http://web.archive.org/web/20090219220012/http://www.island-resort.com/pine.htm

:>

:>>From that:

:>As work on Pine continues today, the UW is finishing up IMAP4 which is on the

:>Internet standards track for remote mailbox access. IMAP4 will include support

:>for remote mailbox synchronization so your mail can be stored on both your

:>server and your personal digital assistant and synchronized after a business

:>trip.

:>

:>What exactly does that mean/how is it different than pre-IMAP4 interface from

:>pine's point of view?  It almost sounds like they intended to add offline

:>use of IMAP (local cache) but never did.  This is actually something I wanted

:>for a long time.  I'd still probably use it (esp to go browse ancient email

:>to nuke every once in a while), though with essentially always-on Internet on

:>my phone, it's less of an issue.  (Though of course I don't have alpine on 

:>my iPhone.)


Yes, they did intend to have offline working. 

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