* on the Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 11:33:28PM +0100, Graeme Fowler wrote:
> > The above AND the .pl script on your blog show no signs of making an
> > off-box connection. They appear to be operating 'cross-box' - i.e. on
> > the local file system.
> >
> > What have I missed?
>
> --host ip.address : Defaults to 127.0.0.1
> --port port : Defaults to 143 or 993 depending on ssl/tls
>
> So the script can connect to localhost (which it does by default) or can
> connect to a remote server. The *script* itself lives locally, but the
> IMAP server need not.
Spot on. Rtm.
Mike
