If you like to keep your folder structure of e-mails the same on all of the systems then IMAP is the only stand solution. POP just allows scanning, downloading and deleting of e-mails on your e-mail providers server. Actually my first sentence is a bit off, IBM and Microsoft provide Domino/Notes and Exchange/Outlook respectively which also synchronize items. Both Domino and Outlook also provide synchronization of contacts notes, tasks and todo lists in addition to e-mail. The Macintosh Address Book, Calendar, and mail program have plugins that minimally support the Exchange protocols.
Now to your question of which to use... If you will always read e-mails using the same client then it does not really matter. Only advantage to IMAP is that if your computer dies your e-mail provider has a copy of every message. One disadvantage of IMAP if you do not go into the deep configurations, is that the Mac mail client will only download partial messages when it connects to the server and then once you ask to read the message there is a usually slight delay while the Mac gets the rest of the message. Another case where you can use POP is when any secondary locations where you read e-mail, you do not care about any messages other then the most current. Best regards, Jonathan is Have a great weekend, Jonathan On Jul 8, 2011, at 9:56 PM, Cakes wrote: > Hi all, > > Can you guys chime in on what email client you like and which protocol pop or > imap you prefer and perhaps a little explanation why you choose what you > choose for emailing? > > Thanks, > > Johnny > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
