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* [9fans] Mail configuration
@ 2009-02-20  8:38 hugo rivera
  2009-02-20 11:06 ` Russ Cox
  2009-02-20 16:04 ` erik quanstrom
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 12+ messages in thread
From: hugo rivera @ 2009-02-20  8:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs

Hi there,
I am using plan9port on linux, and I want to be able to read mail from
some account I have in some server running IMAP.
Since this is the first time I try to configure a mail client (gmail
is just so easy) I have no clue on what exactly I should do or if it
is even possible to read mail using plan9's utilities on linux.
The wiki has something about reading email on plan 9, but I do not
know if this should work also for plan9port (to begin with I cannot
find upas/fs).
Probably this a stupid question, so I hope someone could give me some
pointers to start with.

--
Saludos

Hugo



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* [9fans] Mail configuration
@ 2009-02-20 15:59 erik quanstrom
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread
From: erik quanstrom @ 2009-02-20 15:59 UTC (permalink / raw)


> distribution; the file tree is slightly different
> than the standard upas/fs (more faithful to imap).
> It downloads pieces of the message as it
> needs them, so if you have big attachments,
> they don't get downloaded until you ask for them.
[..]
> I used this setup for a few years against a dovecot
> imap server.  It does not work against the
> gmail imap server, because gmail imap
> will not serve the full mime tree of the message;
> it only gives you the raw message bytes.

(n)upas/fs imap4 client uses the body[]<n.m> syntax
to download blocks from the message.  this technique
also works on gmail.  however, gmail lies about message
sizes so there's a bit of extra work.

> Messages saved with the Save command
> go into imap folders, not local files.

cool.  (n)upas lacks this ability, but has the framework
for adding it.  it would take a little work to figure out
how to handle defaulting to the imap server or
to another folder.  the folder selection code is
already horrible.

- erik



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* Re: [9fans] Mail configuration
@ 2009-02-20 15:59 erik quanstrom
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread
From: erik quanstrom @ 2009-02-20 15:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: rsc, 9fans

> distribution; the file tree is slightly different
> than the standard upas/fs (more faithful to imap).
> It downloads pieces of the message as it
> needs them, so if you have big attachments,
> they don't get downloaded until you ask for them.
[..]
> I used this setup for a few years against a dovecot
> imap server.  It does not work against the
> gmail imap server, because gmail imap
> will not serve the full mime tree of the message;
> it only gives you the raw message bytes.

(n)upas/fs imap4 client uses the body[]<n.m> syntax
to download blocks from the message.  this technique
also works on gmail.  however, gmail lies about message
sizes so there's a bit of extra work.

> Messages saved with the Save command
> go into imap folders, not local files.

cool.  (n)upas lacks this ability, but has the framework
for adding it.  it would take a little work to figure out
how to handle defaulting to the imap server or
to another folder.  the folder selection code is
already horrible.

- erik


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* [9fans] Mail configuration
@ 2007-04-02 20:24 Stefan Burtscher
  2007-04-02 20:28 ` erik quanstrom
  2007-04-02 20:30 ` Steve Simon
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 12+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Burtscher @ 2007-04-02 20:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

Hi there,

i'm new to this os and tried to configure Mail. I can read mail, bu t i'm too stupid to send.

"You'll want to start by copying either rewrite.gateway or rewrite.gateway+default from the same directory and editing it to suit" -- from the wiki

Where should i copy it. Glenda don't have permissions in this directory.

Thank you 
-- 
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Jetzt GMX TopMail testen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/topmail


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