The only drawbacks to IMAP are:
* that there is a very short lag when clicking on a folder etc. for
the sync to occur
* this syncing consumes some bandwidth
* you are keeping a copy of all your mail on the server so you may
have to pay for that space there ... or your employer or whoever
owns the server may put limits on the space you can use.
Other than that I think IMAP it is really nifty.
Some people basically do the same thing by only using webmail ... not
such a bad thing with the new AJAX technology
But I still personally prefer using a local email client such as
Thunderbird with IMAP accounts ... instead of POP.
My two bits...
db
TPiwowar wrote:
On Aug 1, 2009, at 7:11 AM, betty wrote:
I don't like IMAP except for my iPod Touch. It's a pain to clean up
more than location for
email.
I don't understand. I use IMAP from multiple locations and even leave
the client running all the time on multiple computers. It all synchs
up just fine. I keep my rules on one computer and it sorts my incoming
emails into folders I can see from any location. The only glitch is
that there are usually a few unsorted emails in my inbox that don't
get sorted until the rules get applied from that one computer. I wish
I could run rules on the server, but that is not really a serious
problem.
What do you mean by "pain to clean up"?
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