Using IMAP for the list

[Derek Broughton]

Willy Hamra wrote:

> placing 2 folders on the server should work, but remember, that these will
> appear in your IMAP folder tree, and these emails wont be stored on your
> driver unless you select them to be used offline. having your email client
> copy the emails will copy those emails to your local folder and leave the
> message on the server wherever it was (inbox?).
> imagine IMAP as a remote control of the folders on the server. you move
> your messages between different folders in your IMAP account, they get
> moved between these folders on the server. move them to a local folder,
> and they will quite literally be moved to your local folder, that is,
> removed from the server, since your local folders are not mapped to any
> folder on the server.

Of course you can use "disconnected IMAP" if you prefer, in which case you
get local copies of everything on your local system and synchronize with
the IMAP server.  
-- 
derek