On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Paul Slattery <[email protected]> wrote:
As for switching from IMAP to POP, I am afraid that the meaning is lost in > a thick fog of cluelessness. Is there a short explanation that would not > test your patience? Or a resource you could point me to? > Quick-n-dirty summary: POP simply downloads new messages from Gmail to your computer. IMAP synchronizes your PC and Gmail, so messages automatically appear in similarly-named folders, and changes that happen later to one, get reflected in the other. If you delete (in the right way) a message on the PC side, it will delete on Gmail's end too. Andy -- 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.
