On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Steve Holdoway <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 2011-10-02 at 17:21 +1300, Ryan McCoskrie wrote: >> On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:10:03 Robert Fisher wrote: >> > I cannot answer your query but I am interested to know why you would >> > choose to use POP when you have an IMAP service. >> > >> >> 1: Local storage. I can't stand the idea that I have to download something >> that is mine. > Err, you only download the message body once from an imap server. Once > it's local, it's local. You've just got a remote backup copy for > reference. >> >> 2: IMAP labeling can go horribly wrong when being used to process tens of >> thousands of emails. I spent a few hours today sorting NZLUG messages appart >> from amarok bug reports. > Not for me. I use procmail as my LDA, and deliver directly into mail > folders whenever possible*. I then use dovecot / roundcube to access > them, Evolution ( yeugh! ) or browser to access. > > I currently have about 3.5GB of archives and it's working fine. In fact, > it's been rock solid for years, which is more than you can say of my VPS > provider! > > I really suggest you look further at IMAP. That way, the theft of your > PC/lappie is not the end of the world. > > Cheers, > > > Steve > > * There are - to my knowledge - no mail clients that actually check > anything but the inbox available for either Android or iPad. Which is a > real pain.
My android standard gmail can access my gmail folders (or labels or whatever their terminology is) but it won't alert you to new email except in your inbox. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
