I feel old

On Sat, 21 May 2011 17:59:58 +0100, steve auvache
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Sat, 21 May 2011 17:38:21 +0100, Catman <(E-Mail Removed)>
>wrote:
>
>>On 21/05/2011 17:04, steve auvache wrote:
>>
>><snip>
>>>
>>>> I've been using my own IMAP servers for years, and really can't see why
>>>> they aren't more popular, but meh.
>>>
>>>
>>> Because mail servers are for ISPs or companies or tossers without a life
>>> and have no place in that great firmament called user space.
>>>
>>
>>Right up until you all start raving about how wonderful it is to have
>>all your mail synched up so it's all the same on your phone, pad, home
>>computer and son on.
>
>But why would you want seventeen different ways to gather your email? Do
>you get the postman to deliver to a number of different addresses on
>different days of the week or have different postal addresses for each
>letter or parcel you expect? If not then why expect the same from the
>interweb?
>
>No it is not about syncing up an organisational abortion masquerading as
>appropriate use of modern technology but getting all the mail delivered to
>the one destination you are going to read it in the first place.

And if you subsequently need to look at that destination from two
different machines?

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