Re: Problem with external Real Server

Am 03.03.2012 16:11, schrieb Matthias Hunstock:
> Am 03.03.2012 15:07, schrieb [email protected]:
>
>> The connection comes in as IMAPS and should go out as POP3S.
>> Do I want to achieve something which simply is not possible?
> I wouldn't say that it is impossible, but I don't think perdition was
> made for such a scenario. It just talks to the client until
> authentication starts, then bridges the connection to the real server
> based on the authentication data.
>
> In order to proxy between IMAP and POP, a software needs to
> understand/implement IMAP to a certain extent, not just authentication,
> and then do some really clever things:
>
> what to do on the POP3 side when:
> -IMAP client is searching for mails
> -IMAP client wants to move messages between folders
> -IMAP client wants to mark messages
> -...
good arguments. I did not think it through I guess :-)
> If you have a local server under your control, the conventional solution
> would be to use something like fetchmail to suck the mails from that
> POP3 account into your IMAP mailbox.
thats how I do it with my mailboxes. I use getmail to collect my 
external accounts
> Matthias
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thanks for your explanation. Makes sense that this is not possible

Cheers

tobi
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