Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent

From	Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject	Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent
Date	2017-10-17 12:02 +0000
Organization	Miskatonic U
Message-ID	<slrnoubsak.i2f.g.kreme@snow.local> (permalink)
References	(1 earlier) <161020170944269550%timstreater@greenbee.net> <1ndziqo.1smksnhccqdquN%csampson@inetworld.net> <161020172134004043%timstreater@greenbee.net> <f4ks77FqloqU1@mid.individual.net> <171020170855317567%timstreater@greenbee.net>

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In message <171020170855317567%timstreater@greenbee.net> Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
> In article <f4ks77FqloqU1@mid.individual.net>, Jolly Roger
> <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

>>Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> This is all fairly straightforward, so I can't see why Apple wouldn't
>>> have it in Mail, particularly if it already existed. They'd have to do
>>> work to take it out.
>>
>>It never existed in Apple Mail to my knowledge - nor was it ever needed,
>>IMO. Being able to set individual polling schedules for each email account
>>is probably a feature most people wouldn't use anyway. I certainly wouldn't
>>bother; and I'm a software developer / power user.

> Most people wouldn't have more than one account.

No, most people have more than one account. It is quite rare to find
someone with only one account, and they are generally old and retired.

At the very least, nearly everyone has a personal account and a work
account. 

-- 
There's nothing to do, so you just stay in bed [ah, poor thing] Why live
in the world when you can live in your head?

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Accounts in Mail: Not Independent csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2017-10-15 22:17 -0700
  Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2017-10-16 18:58 +1300
    Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent android <here@there.was> - 2017-10-16 08:54 +0200
    Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-10-16 16:42 +0000
  Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-10-16 20:35 +1300
    Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent android <here@there.was> - 2017-10-16 10:25 +0200
      Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-10-16 21:57 +1300
        Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent android <here@there.was> - 2017-10-16 11:02 +0200
  Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2017-10-16 09:44 +0100
    Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2017-10-16 11:06 -0700
      Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2017-10-16 21:34 +0100
        Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-10-16 23:04 +0000
          Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2017-10-17 08:55 +0100
            Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-10-17 12:02 +0000
            Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-10-17 15:20 +0000
              Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2017-10-17 16:47 +0100
                Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-10-17 16:08 +0000
                Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2017-10-17 09:40 -0700
                Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2017-10-18 10:04 +1100
  Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-10-16 16:39 +0000
    Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent android <here@there.was> - 2017-10-16 19:50 +0200
      Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2017-10-16 11:03 -0700
        Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent android <here@there.was> - 2017-10-16 22:47 +0200
      Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-10-16 21:05 +0000
        Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-10-16 23:04 +0000
      Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-10-17 01:10 +0000
        Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent android <here@there.was> - 2017-10-17 08:37 +0200
          Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-10-17 16:06 +0000
            Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent android <here@there.was> - 2017-10-17 18:34 +0200
              Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-10-17 16:36 +0000
                Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent android <here@there.was> - 2017-10-17 18:39 +0200
                Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-10-17 20:03 +0000
                Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent android <here@there.was> - 2017-10-18 06:27 +0200
  Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-10-16 21:03 +0000

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