I have never had any trouble with imap, but then again, I have a very fast internet connection and a fully loaded MBP. Of course, I never had imap trouble on my very old Windows desktop either.
-Joshua On Nov 15, 2010, at 7:04 PM, Jim Fettgather wrote: > On 11/15/2010 8:21 PM, Tom Frank wrote: >> Hi there all, >> >> POP is Post Office protocol. It simply downloads all of your new messages to >> your computer for you to read. >> >> IMAP is Internet Message Access Protocol. Your messages, folders, filters, >> and the like can reside on the server and your computer syncs to them. The >> advantage, is, so I am told, is that you can access your account from work, >> home, or anywhere else and everything syncs. >> >> The problem I found that VO keeps saying, Mail is busy and it takes time to >> sync when you delte, move, or do anything with your mail. >> >> POP is simpler and is easier to manage as far as I'm concerned. >> >> Tom Frank >> On Nov 15, 2010, at 6:07 PM, Christina wrote: >> >>> I do not have any understanding as to the difference between the two of >>> them. I do not know what pop is or what imap is. However, I was going by >>> the example of what someone had set up for me on another gmail account. >>> On Nov 15, 2010, at 3:45 PM, Joshua Loya wrote: >>> >>>> Out of curiosity, why did you decide to go with pop3, as opposed to imap? >>>> There might be a good reason to do so, but I can't think of one. >>>> >>>> -Joshua >>>> On Nov 15, 2010, at 2:12 PM, Christina wrote: >>>> >>>>> I don't know what I am doing wrong but I am trying to add a gmail account >>>>> to apple mail and it just won't work. I have followed all the steps to >>>>> the best of my ability and I just cannot get it to work. The closest >>>>> I've come is getting an error message saying that pop.gmail.com cannot be >>>>> verified and may be a security risk if I continue. Those are not the >>>>> exact words but it's the general idea. Are there any ideas as to what is >>>>> going on. I've read everything I could on the gmail website to see why >>>>> I've gotten this error message and also as to why this is not working at >>>>> all. I currently have a pop gmail account working in apple mail and I've >>>>> tried using similar settings for the new gmail address but I cannot get >>>>> it to work. On the gmail side I did enable pop mail so that isn't the >>>>> problem. Someone else set up the first gmail account for me but I just >>>>> cannot seem to figure out how to set up the second account on my own. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for any hints, >>>>> Christina >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> > This is rather bizarre. > It's my Windows machine that has a severe lag when moving or deleting IMAP > mail, but the Macbook Air is lightning fast and responds immediately when > taking actions on IMAP mail. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
