Re: Newbie question...

[Carlos Morgado <chbm chbm nu>]

On 2001.08.29 03:21:23 +0100 Brian Jackson wrote:
> Ok - checked out the web page, FAQ and online docs.  Couldn't find the
> answer...
> 
> I have a POP3 mailbox created, which is successfully downloading my mail
> properly.  The messages are all put into /var/mail/username as one file.
> 
> I'd like to be able to create folders under my inbox, and have a filter set
> so that certain messages went to certain folders (i.e.; messages from
> balsa-list@gnome.org go into a folder labeled Balsa List or some such).
> 
Filters are scheduled for the next development cycle. Meanwhile you can use
procmail (as someone else explained)

> I can see where you can subscribe to different IMAP folders, but how for
> POP?
> 
You can't. IMAP folders reside on the server and exist as such in the server. 
When you subscribe you say "i wan't to see this particular folder" inside
a given directory.
POP3 is just a dumb message storage. You connect to it, get the messages, 
delete them (pretty much like ftp). All message sorting is done on the client.

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