IMAP shouldn't be that big of a deal and your ISP should support it, if not... that's pretty sad. IMAP is nice, for many reasons, but it's great to have your email accessible from your PC, someone else's PC, your laptop, your smartphone, etc. It's the wave of the future - wave of the future, wave of the future, wave of the future, wave of the future, wave of the future, wave of the future, wave of the future, wave of the future, wave of the future, wave of the future, wave of the future, wave of the future, wave of the future, wave of the future, wave of the future, wave of the future, wave of the future, wave of the future, wave of the future, wave of the future, wave of the future, wave of the future, wave of the future, wave of the future, wave of the future, wave of the future, wave of the future, wave of the future, wave of the future, wave of the future, wave of the future... 8P
Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... "...now these points of data make a beautiful line..." > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [H] IMAP and iPad > From: DSinc <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, February 15, 2013 6:18 pm > To: [email protected] > > > Christopher, > Best answer I've ever read. Thank you. > I do not do 'phone/ipad' email, but I get it. > Think I will stay POP3 for now; well untilI can not. > IMAP reads to me as another layer (ISP) to deal with. > Thank you. > Duncan > > > On 02/15/2013 18:51, Christopher Fisk wrote: > > If you use the IMAP protocol, the email is stored on your ISP's mail > > server. If you use POP then you download then delete. IMAP can cache > > stuff locally, but overall all the messages are stored and synced with the > > server. This allows you to delete messages from IMAP from your ipad and > > have them disappear from your home workstation as well. But you need to > > make sure you have enough quota for it. > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 6:07 PM, DSinc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Christopher, > >> Can you please expand on your 'Correct'? > >> OK, I do not trust anInternet Email provider. > >> OK, I do not trust my local ISP. > >> I do POP3 emailto my local Thunderbird (on this machine). > >> When I delete my old emaillocally, I assumemy email is GONE! > >> Am I being stupid now, and just do not understand email business? > >> Duncan > >> > >> > >> > >> On 02/15/2013 16:33, Christopher Fisk wrote: > >> > >>> Correct. Imap uses server space. Also depending on mailbox size, speed > >>> might be an issue > >>> On Feb 15, 2013 4:31 PM, "Thane Sherrington" < > >>> thane@computerconnectionltd.**com <[email protected]>> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> At 02:05 PM 15/02/2013, Brian Weeden wrote: > >>>> Like with any email system, if you don't delete emails they have to > >>>> reside > >>>> > >>>>> somewhere. > >>>>> > >>>>> But with IMAP, they reside on the server, right, unlike POP where they > >>>> are > >>>> downloaded to one's computer? > >>>> > >>>> T > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>
