Thanks for the reply, Seth. If you read my posts again, you'll see it reads that my own circumstances dictate I really don't need or wish to switch to IMAP.
You'll also see that I do use IMAP for my gmail (which I've used for many years and quite regularly *QED*) and I detest the idiosyncratic way in which different clients interact with and control the server-side. Essentially, control over the server-side is an illusion. I also detest that tidying folders to my satisfaction (which I gave up doing long ago) seems ok for a while, until something goes awry at the server and stuff migrates into various folders I didn't designate and before long, Inboxes inevitably fill with old emails. It's cluttered, frustrating and avoidable to those who might need to keep emails for a while before deciding to delete or archive. Anyway, whoops... I don't wish to turn this into a "Quartz Watch v Mechanical Watch" type argument. Sure, IMAP has advantages (and I do see them in various instances). But... just believe me when I say, my situation requires simple, secure and unambiguous control of contemporary and archived email (including control of individual message files) at the client-side. POP gives me that and IMAP certainly doesn't. In summary: *EVERYTHING* "I" want to do (including manipulation of local folders (in clients that allow)) is available with POP. :) Regards, Paul On 27 January 2016 at 02:17, Seth Holmes <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/23/16 12:03 PM, Paul Hudson wrote: > >> Just to add, for clarity, that means to say it deletes server-side what >> has >> been deleted from the inbox in k9 (hence the issue I have). Items left in >> the >> inbox in k9 remain on the server until I sync back at the office... :) >> > > Everything you've described screams "switch to IMAP". > > There is no syncing with a POP server. You can delete upon retrieval, or > you can leave it on the server, all of which can get very messy when > introducing a new POP3 client. > > Most desktop POP3 clients allow you to move e-mail from the Trash back to > the INBOX. I don't know if K-9 does because I don't use POP3. But what > you're doing at that point is working with local folders on the client, you > are no longer interacting with the server. > > For IMAP, you can do everything you want and more. E-mail read on one > client syncs with the server and thus all clients (if properly configured). > You don't have to mess with the various folders classes, set everything the > same and be done with it. When you get back to your desktop client, you can > easily archive e-mail to a local or server side folder. Deletions sync and > you can even sync the trash, setting to only empty the trash from the > desktop client (which is what I do). K-9 also has an Archive folder. > > However, K-9 does not support creating folders or local folders. It's > designed to be both robust and portable and too many knobs can be to its > detriment. > > I honestly don't know why anyone bothers with POP3 when IMAP is available, > and understand less why people stick with a service that only offers POP3. > > *EVERYTHING* you want to do (with the exception of local folders) is > available with IMAP. > > > > -- > Seth H Holmes > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the K-9 Mail Users > List. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > To report an issue with K-9 Mail, visit > http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/issues/list > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/k-9-mail > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "K-9 Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/k-9-mail/Ip08a6HxhGo/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the K-9 Mail Users List. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, email [email protected] To report an issue with K-9 Mail, visit http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/issues/list For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/k-9-mail --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "K-9 Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
