Re: [Freedos-user] DOS based mail clients
Bret Johnson said: > The second difference is that IMAP is designed > to be used in a client-server configuration where > the e-mails stay stored on the server... But they also remain in the server if the POP3 client does not send the DELE command. ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS or DOS based mail clients
My understanding is that there are two major differences between POP and IMAP. The first is that POP only allows one-way communication (downloading from the server to the client) so there is no synchronization mechanism. If you download the same e-mail to multiple devices, each one can be set up differently (specifically in terms of folders). When you want to send mail, you must use a different protocol (SMTP). The second difference is that IMAP is designed to be used in a client-server configuration where the e-mails stay stored on the server and are never actually downloaded (at least not permanently) to the client. That allows access to the same e-mail account from multiple devices and there is only one "real" copy of the e-mail (stored on the server). Programs like MS Outlook can store a local cached version of the e-mail, and there can be a lot of complication involved in making sure the cache stays synchronized with reality (what's on the server is "reality"). There are advantages and disadvantages to each approach. ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS or DOS based mail clients
Hi Jose, > PS: The older POP3 only allowed access to the inbox, > while IMAP also allows access to your other mail folders, > so I expect most mail providers to support IMAP now. I thought that folders were a client-side convention, and mail (POP3, IMAP) servers kept all incoming mail to one address together. Folders are something managed on the server and you can use either IMAP or webmail to access them. With POP3, you can only access the inbox, so you would have to use the client to move individual mails to folders stored on your local disk. The mails in those client side folders would not be visible on other devices or webmail, so I assume and hope that most providers support IMAP today, so all devices can share the same folders :-) According to the google support website, IMAP will always be active for gmail in the future. No idea how old the article is - probably the future already is now :-) In the past, one had to manually enable it using some online menu. The google support website recommends that you do not store sent mail on the server manually, as sending mails via google will automatically do that already. It also recommends to save drafts, but not deleted mails on the server and it recommends to not move deleted mails to the trash can folder, as they would get permanently deletted after a month in the trash can and google prefers old mails to stay forever :-p It recommends that you set your client to just mark deleted mails as deleted where they are. Servers for Gmail: smtp.gmail.com TLS port 587 or SSL port 465. imap.gmail.com SSL port 993. pop.gmail.com SSL port 995 (but IMAP is better). Use the email address as user name to log in. Regards, Eric ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS or DOS based mail clients
This is not strictly a DOS remark; it applies to any e-mail but I think it can appear here. Eric Auer said: > PS: The older POP3 only allowed access to the inbox, > while IMAP also allows access to your other mail folders, > so I expect most mail providers to support IMAP now. I thought that folders were a client-side convention, and mail (POP3, IMAP) servers kept all incoming mail to one address together. Webmail, that uses http(s) to access mail as links in a webpage is another story. ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
