mr_mitm • 3 days ago

> I think this all means probably every non-web email client treats IMAP like POP and keeps its own store. I haven't done a survey or anything, but I'd be surprised if that weren't true.

Pretty sure mutt doesn't. It only caches the headers.

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throw0101c • 3 days ago

> Pretty sure mutt doesn't. It only caches the headers.

Seem like it can cache message bodies:

* http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/#message-cachedir

* https://neomutt.org/guide/optionalfeatures.html#body-caching

camgunz • 3 days ago

Oh, yeah I guess that's what I mean, and then your connection can be used basically (again) like POP

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mr_mitm • 3 days ago

Ah, now I see what you mean. True.

ldite • 3 days ago

same for alpine (https://alpineapp.email/)