on 2/4/01 1:46 PM, W John Carlsen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> William Howarth, on 2/4/01 0:25 pm, 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.
>
> Instead of copying only the messages I want, I keep both. It is a kind of
> natural backup, though I also archive and back up regularly. Entourage
> nicely filters out most junk mail, and Rules can do the rest.
>
I am afraid I don't see the point about "depending on someone else's
server". I suspect that you rely on that server to read your email in the
first place. The advantage of IMAP is that your email messages stay on a
server that is usually a departmental server that is backed up regularly by
someone. Furthermore, if you are running rules that move messages to
different folders, POP will move them to the folders on the client machine
and if you want to synchronize between multiple machines, you'll have to go
through uncomfortable gyrations -- such as leaving them on the server and
then reading them again the other machine and then trying to decide when you
can delete the messages, etc.
I read my mail at work, at home and on the road. I've tried many
alternatives before IMAP was supported on my server. Now, I would never
consider going back to POP.
--
M. Tamer Ozsu
University of Waterloo
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