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		mr_mitm 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How IMAP works under the hood > 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.

throw0101c 10 months 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 10 months ago | | [–]

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

mr_mitm 10 months ago | | [–]

Ah, now I see what you mean. True.

ldite 10 months ago | [–]

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

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