If you like to keep your mail on the server side... Including having folders
on the server side, IMAP is the right choice for you.
On 3/26/01 4:05 PM, "Aaron Sills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can someone explain how it works and what the advantages of using IMAP are?
>
>
>
> On 27/3/01 11:51 AM, "dave marandino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> In your Mail & News Prefs; Read tab, there is the option to 'Hide IMAP
>> messages marked for deletion.' That will hide messages that are marked with
>> the line through them.
>>
>> The message you have 'deleted' from one folder, which are hence displayed
>> with the line through them, will not be removed until you choose Edit 'Purge
>> deleted items.' Doing so will permanently delete all marked messages from
>> the folder.
>>
>> You can tune the settings in the Account Edit window for that IMAP account,
>> under the Advanced tab. From Tools menu choose Accounts, then edit the
>> account in question, and click the Advanced tab.
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>>
>> -dave
>>
>> On 3/26/01 2:11 PM, "john terranova" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> I guess I don't understand how imap works. I started using my mac.com
>>> account as an imap server, rather than pop. I set up the account options
>>> (like live sync, and check for unread msgs in subscribed folders [I'm
>>> subscribed to all folders]) and the delete model (move msgs to delete items
>>> folder) in ways that seem to make sense to me.
>>>
>>> The problem is that when I delete msgs, they usually end up staying in the
>>> folder from which they were deleted; they don't just move to the deleted
>>> items folder like I expect. Sometimes they seem to have a line thru them,
>>> sometimes not. I just wish I could understand and predict what happens to
>>> the mail when I do things like delete msgs.
>>>
>>> Can someone either fill me in on what I don't understand, or point me to
>>> some online documentation that explains how imap works from a user's
>>> perspective? Any enlightenment would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
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