Hi Janet I use THunderbird as a mail client and have it set up to recieve mail from the web into my POP account I have never had to set up an IMAP account and I found this to help you out. IMAP stands for Internet Message Access Protocol. It is a method of accessing electronic mail or bulletin board messages that are kept on a (possibly shared) mail server. In other words, it permits a "client" email program to access remote message stores as if they were local. For example, email stored on an IMAP server can be manipulated from a desktop computer at home, a workstation at the office, and a notebook computer while traveling, without the need to transfer messages or files back and forth between these computers. I really don't know if it is much help but maybe someone else can chime in here.
IMAP's ability to access messages (both new and saved) from more than one computer has become extremely important as reliance on electronic messaging and use of multiple computers increase, but this functionality cannot be taken for granted: the widely used Post Office Protocol (POP) works best when one has only a single computer, since it was designed to support "offline" message access, wherein messages are downloaded and then deleted from the mail server. This mode of access is not compatible with access from multiple computers since it tends to sprinkle messages across all of the computers used for mail access. Thus, unless all of those machines share a common file system, the offline mode of access that POP was designed to support effectively ties the user to one computer for message storage and manipulation. more... On 7/28/05, Janet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whilst on the subject of e-mail. My server has webmail which is spam and > virus protected. It allows 5 e-mail addresses and one can configure Outlook > Express to send and receive POP3 of any mails generated to and from those > addresses. It also has a feature whereby one can pick up external mail, but, > now here's the rub, external mail cannot be picked up by Outlook Express. I > have a POP3 address that is included with my domain agreement and I dont > particularly want to lose that, even though it has become spam attracted. > My former server that has webmail allowed me to configure Outlook Express to > happily pick up the domain mail. > Is there anyway to by-pass my server's webmail to receive it into Outlook > Express, say by IMAP, would that work and if so what's the deal about IMAP > folders that need refreshing in Outlook Express? As you will realise I don't > know much about IMAP other than it is mainly for picking up mails from > different sources. I set up an IMAP account for my domain mail but after a > while the folders needed "refreshing" and apparently I hadn't done that. > > Janet > Win XP Pro SP2 IE/OE6 > http://globechatters.net > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Poneyboy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >A virtual email address is a temporary email address you can create > > and give out to vendors, newsletter systems and so forth so that you > > don't have to release your real email address. The main purpose of > > virtual addresses is to ensure that email from legitimate senders of > > automated email (i.e., senders whom you can't realistically whitelist > > in advance, such as online vendors and newsletters) will get to your > > inbox without your having to search for them. Depending on how you > > create and give out your virtual addresses, you can also tell who is > > responsible for passing your address on to a spammer. > issues directly to the group. > > > > If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please > feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post > personal issues directly to the group. > > To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- "The Needs of the Many Outweigh the Needs of the Few...Or the One." Spock Star Trek II The Wrath of Kahn. [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
