On 2/4/01 1:46 PM, "W John Carlsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> First question: I always feel like I'm missing something by not using IMAP.
>>> What?
>>
>> The main advantage: IMAP allows me to view the same INBOX, whether at home
>> or at work. I use Outlook Express at work to read and answer mail; at home I
>> use Entourage. They both see the same INBOX.
>
> I have the same in POP mail. I leave the messages on the server for several
> days, and get exactly the same incoming mail on both computers. Though I may
> have different folders that they are sorted into, they are mostly the same.
> And they are safely of two of my computers, not depending on someone else's
> server.
The difference is, IMAP is designed to work this way, POP is designed to be
fully downloaded. I can get 3000+ IMAP headers very quickly on a 33.6 modem.
Even leaving copies, you aren't going to do that with POP.
The server issue is an interesting one. You have to rely on it anyway, at
least until you can get the messages down to your Mac. If it dies in the
middle of a download, then you're just as screwed. If you are that worried
about your email server, that is a different issue from IMAP. I've been
using IMAP exclusively for 3 years now, and have not had any cases with my
email server losing email. I can also have almost 3GB of mail on the server,
and my email DB is only about 85 MB, and my messages file is only about
248MB. I think that if you *are* going to implement IMAP, suck it up, buy
the disks you need, and stop with email limits. That just cripples IMAP,
IMO. By not having email space limits, I can use it as troubleshooting
database, thanks to the server side searches I can do with IMAP. Also, since
I never through out any sent mail, or company email, I can pretty much end
the 'you never sent that' arguments fast enough so that I don't get them
anymore.
john
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