On 2020-11-23, rhkra...@gmail.com <rhkra...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Monday, November 23, 2020 06:15:09 AM Sven Hartge wrote: >> Joe <j...@jretrading.com> wrote: >> > That's why we have IMAP, which doesn't use mbox. >> >> The IMAP protocal and the backend storage have no connection. > > Well, they do in a way -- if you use IMAP from your ISP for example, you > don't > need local storage on your email device (not any of mbox, maildir, or > whatever). > > (I don't use IMAP (I use POP3), but I assume that if I were using IMAP as > described, I could save emails on my local device, but I'm not clear on that > mechanism / storage method.)
The IMAP protocol and the local storage format are orthogonal, I believe is what he said, so you've come full circle in your reflections.
