On Wed, 2013-01-23 at 08:28 +0100, Peter von Kaehne wrote: > On the other side you have your email secure on the local server and > when you lose access to your server account, move it or get hacked > they are still there on your local PC.
This is true of IMAP accounts as well. I read my mail offline on a regular basis; you just check the download for offline use option. > IMAP on the other side can be very fickle when several devices access > the same mailbox. If you have not used it before - there are many new > ways of losing email permanently. Perhaps with some providers; but if you have a quality provider the likelihood of encountering an issue is remote. I have my IMAP account active from three clients most days. Concurrency problems are historical foot-notes; especially with IMAP-X & servers that support IDLE. _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
