[haiku-development] Re: Ready to go for R1/Alpha4 yet?

  • From: pulkomandy <pulkomandy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2012 00:25:57 +0200

On Sat, Aug 04, 2012 at 02:55:18PM -0700, Donn Cave wrote:
> [re abandoning IMAP in mail server]
> 
> > Why should we? You make it sound like it would be impossible to generate 
> > a solution most people can live with.
> 
> No, certainly not, for suitable definition of "impossible" and
> "most people can live with."  And in the end, if you're motivated
> to try, then that's what it's all about.
> 
> I just see IMAP client support as a large problem, and not one that
> I would use a local daemon to solve, but it's always interesting
> to see people's ideas put into practice.

It used to work rather well in past version of Haiku - and even in BeOS.
Anyway, the Mail Daemon is just one way to manage your mails. There are
3rd party apps that may suit some people better, and most mail providers
have webmails anyway.
But I like to have the mail daemon hanlding mail, if only for showing
the query support with some mail files.

-- 
Adrien.

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