On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 4:46 AM, Ray Lopez <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's background for you non-techies on IMAP (Gmail) vs POP (Outlook): > https://www.bol.ucla.edu/services/email/popvsimap.html > > In general, IMAP gives you more "power" at the cost of being more > "dangerous" to your ability to control your email. For example (one example > of many), what happens when somebody hacks your Gmail account and you cannot > get in? All your emails are forever lost. By contrast, with POP you cannot > lose your emails unless you are so foolish that you don't backup your hard > drive, which few people are that foolish anymore.
What is your recommendation so that we can avoid being foolish with "power" and "dangerous" things, and lose our ability to control our email ? > Let's face it: most IMAP enthusiasts are what I would consider light-PC > users, such as teens, non-business people, grandma, traveling salespeople > who live for the moment and don't really need accurate email trails except > what is recorded up to the closing of a deal, or simply Google enthusiasts > like on this board. Nobody serious by my definition (granted, your > definition of serious may vary). P lease recommend serious, non-foolish practises for: - teens - non-business people - grandmas - traveling salespeople - IMAP enthusiasts - Googl e enthusiasts Sincerely, foolish person -- Marko -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
