Re: TB, IMAP and smartphones
Avram, On 16-01-2011 05:49, you wrote in mid:ea212972badaf346928b6ce4a35397a40138d...@wkclrtx95009.na.wkglobal.com: In other words, when mail is received by your third-party mail host, such as GoDaddy.com or 1and1.com, it stays in your account on your mail host's server? Yes. Do you ever download it to your computer so that you own a copy? I always do this. It's called Full Synchronization in TB. Does not work currently in the 5.x series - hence I am using the 4.x series. Do you trust your mail host to never lose your e-mail, even if it is 5 or 10 years' old? Yes. But I also back up old mail to my HDD and my NAS. Is it possible to have IMAP and still download a copy to your computer? Yes. See above. If you have set up a whole bunch of folders for your mail, do you have to do the same for your phone? On my phone I can easily set it up with the same folders as on the server. Aren't the folders located on the computer? They are on the server. They may be mirrored on the computer but only if I set it up. Or, is it that when you read mail from your phone, you just have to wade through everything and not have folders? That would depend on the mail client on the phone. K9 mail for Android lets see all mail in one folder (aggregated) or lets you browse the messages in each folder. -- greeting Best regards /greeting author Peter Fjelsten /author thebat version 4.2.36.4 Pro /thebat version extras MyGate, RSS /extras env. 4 IMAP (Courier) 1 IMAP (Fastmail), 1 POP3 MyGate, 350K+ msgs. /env. os Windows Vista 6.0 Build 6002 Service Pack 2 /os Current version is 4.2.42 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
RE: TB, IMAP and smartphones
On Friday, January 14, 2011 at 2:28 PM Peter Fjelsten wrote regarding the use of TB and smartphones with IMAP I check the same accounts using an Android phone, webmail, TheBat and Outlook. Using IMAP means that a mail is marked read when it's read on any of those clients. Also all mail is available to all clients since it sits on the server. I'd suggest using only IMAP In other words, when mail is received by your third-party mail host, such as GoDaddy.com or 1and1.com, it stays in your account on your mail host's server? Do you ever download it to your computer so that you own a copy? Do you trust your mail host to never lose your e-mail, even if it is 5 or 10 years' old? Is it possible to have IMAP and still download a copy to your computer? If you have set up a whole bunch of folders for your mail, do you have to do the same for your phone? Aren't the folders located on the computer? If so, how can you access folders from the phone? Or, is it that when you read mail from your phone, you just have to wade through everything and not have folders? Avi Avram Sacks Using TB ver. 4.0.18 on Win XP Pro and Win 7. Current version is 4.2.23 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: TB, IMAP and smartphones
Hi On Sunday 16 January 2011 at 4:49:50 AM, in mid:ea212972badaf346928b6ce4a35397a40138d...@wkclrtx95009.na.wkglobal.com, Sacks, Avram wrote: Is it possible to have IMAP and still download a copy to your computer? Yes. -- Best regards MFPAmailto:expires2...@ymail.com Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle. Using The Bat! v4.0.38 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Current version is 4.2.23 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: TB, IMAP and smartphones
On Saturday, January 15, 2011, 10:49:50 PM, Sacks, Avram wrote: If you have set up a whole bunch of folders for your mail, do you have to do the same for your phone? Aren't the folders located on the computer? best to create the folders and do the sorting on the server. then they are where they belong wherever you reference them from. -- Dwight A. Corrin 316.303.9385 phone ahead to fax dcorrin at fastmail.fm photo galleries at http://dcorrin.smugmug.com photo blog at http://dcorrin.aminus3.com http://photos.vfxy.com/photoblogs/5882 Using IMAP with The Bat! 5.0.0.129 BETA on Windows Vista version 6,0 (Service Pack 2) Current version is 4.2.23 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
RE: TB, IMAP and smartphones
Hi, Dwight, Thanks for your response. Please see below. On Saturday, January 15, 2011 11:09 PM Dwight Corrin wrote In response to my question: If you have set up a whole bunch of folders for your mail, do you have to do the same for your phone? Aren't the folders located on the computer? best to create the folders and do the sorting on the server. then they are where they belong wherever you reference them from. Ok. I see that you are using the beta version of TB, 5.0.0. When I tried to set up IMAP when I went from ver. 1.60 to 4.0.18, it didn't work so well. After seeing comments from others that they, too, had had difficulties with IMAP, I assumed it was the software and not my lack of technical skill. Is your positive experience with IMAP a function of using ver. 5.0.0, or were you able to get it to work with version 4.0.18. or earlier? //Avi Avram Sacks Using TB ver. 4.0.18 on Win XP pro and Win 7 Current version is 4.2.23 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: TB, IMAP and smartphones
On Saturday, January 15, 2011, 11:21:20 PM, Sacks, Avram wrote: Is your positive experience with IMAP a function of using ver. 5.0.0, or were you able to get it to work with version 4.0.18. or earlier? version 4.x worked better with IMAP than any other client I tried. 4.0.18 is a pretty old version. It shows at the bottom of messages for this list that current is 4.2.23. -- Dwight A. Corrin 316.303.9385 phone ahead to fax dcorrin at fastmail.fm photo galleries at http://dcorrin.smugmug.com photo blog at http://dcorrin.aminus3.com http://photos.vfxy.com/photoblogs/5882 Using IMAP with The Bat! 5.0.0.129 BETA on Windows Vista version 6,0 (Service Pack 2) Current version is 4.2.23 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
RE: TB, IMAP and smartphones
Hi, Dwight, You wrote: Is your positive experience with IMAP a function of using ver. 5.0.0, or were you able to get it to work with version 4.0.18. or earlier? 'version 4.x worked better with IMAP than any other client I tried. 4.0.18 is a pretty old version. It shows at the bottom of messages for this list that current is 4.2.23. Does this mean that you are finding that IMAP works better with 4.2.23 than with 5.0.0 (beta)? //avi Avram Sacks Using ver. 4.0.18 on Win XP pro and Win7 Current version is 4.2.23 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: TB, IMAP and smartphones
Avram, On 14-01-2011 02:09, you wrote in mid:ea212972badaf346928b6ce4a35397a40138d...@wkclrtx95009.na.wkglobal.com: I and my wife may soon be migrating to smartphones. However, how does one synchronize e-mail between two computers and two smartphones? All just connect using same credentials to the same account/server. Is this purpose served through use of IMAP? Exactly. I check the same accounts using an Android phone, webmail, TheBat and Outlook. Using IMAP means that a mail is marked read when it's read on any of those clients. Also all mail is available to all clients since it sits on the server. POP is used for all of these accounts. I'd suggest using only IMAP. -- greeting Best regards /greeting author Peter Fjelsten /author thebat version 4.2.36.4 Pro /thebat version extras MyGate, RSS /extras env. 4 IMAP (Courier) 1 IMAP (Fastmail), 1 POP3 MyGate, 350K+ msgs. /env. os Windows Vista 6.0 Build 6002 Service Pack 2 /os Current version is 4.2.23 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
