I've always been annoyed by the standard Maemo mail readers' inability to cache mail for offline reading.

For me, the real value of a pocketable computer is when I'm travelling overseas: that's the only time I spend long periods without access to my computer. But when I'm travelling I don't have Internet access - at best, maybe I can manage an unreliable wifi connection for half an hour. Nokia continues to insist that the tablets are "always on", and therefore offline caching (of web pages, maps, emails, etc etc) is unnecessary, so my tablet is constantly failing me precisely when I need it most. If only Android or iOS were any better I'd switch in a snap, but of course they're even worse!

But anyway, better to light a candle than curse the darkness, so...

These patched binaries allow me to cache my email, at least. Actually I just switched on functionality that has been present in Modest and Tinymail since the projects were started, but functionality that was broken and disabled. Frustrating to know that it was so close to working all this time!

http://mat.exon.name/modest/

I don't intend to support these at all, and no doubt the next release of Tinymail and/or Modest will obliterate the functionality. If you're interested in a more permanent solution, here's the critical bug report:

http://tinymail.org/trac/tinymail/ticket/91