POP3 is very simple protocol, you get and delete the message on the server. In rare case, the user leave message on the server. You don't have folder support, search support... very simple.
You can have a lot of small, fast, non persistent request with a "few" number of servers. And the mailbox size is small.
With imap, you have a lot of interesting feature... but which generate biggest load on server. And the mailbox, with folders, are biggest.
For a small number of user, you can use imap without problem.
With 300k, it's not the same case :)
Other problem are client problem. There is a lot of good and free POP3 client. With IMAP, there is much more problem.
I'm using imap for my usage since 5 years now (wu imap and now courier-imap), and i'm very happy with it :)
regards.
Gordon Messmer wrote:
On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 06:38, J�r�me Bolliet wrote:Roland Schneider wrote:The problem has been already mentioned on this list, pop3d cant be used for anything with more than a few mailboxes and Sam recommends using imapd in such cases. Maybe this makes it into a configure-time option some day, but non-rfc-conformant hacks usually take some time.Well. But i don't want to give imap access to our customer.I've heard providers say that before, but I've never understood why. If IMAP works better than POP for your users' purposes, why would you not want them to have access to that service? ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld =omething 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
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