On 30-Jul-2001 Jon Lapham wrote: > On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 03:50:53PM -0500, Mike Chambers wrote: >> Ok, how exactly does IMAP work and differ from POP3? Is it anytyhing >> like how MS Exchange works and delivers email instantly without >> checking? Heck I use pop3 at home but thought of trying out IMAP but >> I haven't read anything up on it or seen it live at work. >> >> Mike Chambers >> Netlyncs > > It seems to me that the biggest difference is that with IMAP you can save > messages to folders on the remote server. This allows you to use the > remote server from multiple IMAP email clients without any loss of access > to stored messages. > > With POP you either keep the messages locally in folders (which means you > cannot access them from a secondary email client), or you have to keep > them in your INBOX (which means you cannot organize you email well). Yes, and IMAP lends itself very easily to arrangement of your mail into hierarchical folders. Use procmail to direct incoming mail into the appropriate folder, and you've got a very nice setup. ______________________________________________________________________ Stuart Luppescu -=-=- University of Chicago ºÍʸ ¤ÈÃÒÆàÈþ¤ÎÉã(EUC) -=-=- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.consortium-chicago.org/people/sl/sl.html PGP public key: www.consortium-chicago.org/people/sl/pubkey.asc ICQ #21172047 AIM: psycho7070 Genetics explains why you look like your father, and if you don't, why you should. >> Sent on 30-Jul-2001 at 19:29:34 with xfmail _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
