[imp] Fwd: Re: HTTPMail

[Jan Schneider]

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      Datum: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:15:18 -0700
        Von: Steve Paras-Charlton <steve at falchion.com>
    Betreff: Re: [imp] HTTPMail
         An: Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>

And further, if why use IMP as a (go-between) server when Outlook can
access IMAP and POP3 directly?

Steve

On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 22:06 +0200, Jan Schneider wrote:
> Zitat von Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:
>
> > Quoting Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:
> >
> >> Quoting AJ <aj at mindcrash.com>:
> >>
> >>> Be that as it may, is there any way to make Horde work with
> >>> Outlook configured as HTTP?
> >>
> >> No.  IMP/Horde supports IMAP and POP servers only.  Absolutely no
> >> other reason to support another mail protocol at this time.
> >
> > Additionally, accessing a protocol that has been encrypted or
> > otherwise marked as proprietary (i.e. Hotmail) is most likely, at
> > least in the U.S., a violation of the D.M.C.A.  In other words: bad
> > idea.
>
> HTTPMail is actually WebDAV, so there is nothing proprietary about it.
> And I think what he means is using IMP as a server, not as a client.
>
> This might be possible, but I don't see how you could motivate any
> developer, if not with money, to support an inferior mail client, if
> IMP is already installed anyway.
>
> Jan.
>


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Jan.

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