I'm not one of the parties involved in this conversation but may I
ask, what is IMAP access. I'm trying to decide if I want to make
gmail my main email program.
Charles can explain it better. I have a slight understanding.
However, BEWARE or the internet information about IMAP.
https://neomailbox.com/imap_email.html
This link is "DEAD WRONG" about IMAP and other mail capability.
In what way is it wrong? And if you only have a 'slight understanding'
of how IMAP works, how in the world can you then turn around and accuse
this web page of being 'DEAD WRONG'?
I read the entire page at the link you provided, and find not one thing
that is wrong - except maybe for one comment:
"You will be able to access all your mail folders and send mail from any
device."
Sending email has nothing to do with IMAP, so this statement is at least
a bit misleading - but of course, there is no reason you cannot also run
an SMTP server on the same box (which is what I do). But the first part
- and everything else I read on that page - is spot on.
Plus, if you use a dialup ( no high speed ) Any web based mail will
be slow as molasses, ....... period.
Even then, the Internet is vulnerable. Last week a construction
company cut a large cable on the East Coast. Many parts of the
internet was DOWN for 24 hours before it could be repaired.
Valid concerns as far as they go - but maybe you haven't heard of
'offline support' for IMAP? Thunderbird has had this for a long time, as
do most other mature IMAP clients.
By enabling 'offline support' for all of your IMAP folders, you are
essentially keeping local copies of everything (not just the headers),
so that you can search, reply, save attachments, etc, all without being
connected to the internet.
Without doubt, the most reliable is to pick up your mail and transfer
it all to your computer, no matter if you get 100 emails per day or
500.
Most reliable in what regard? By using IMAP with offline support (which
I do recommend), you have the best of both worlds...
You can also set up something like fetchmail to 'grab' any email from
any of your POP accounts, and dump it into specific folders on your IMAP
server automatically, so you don't NEED to check it yourself - it is
just 'there' - and GMail supports this, under the 'Accounts > Get mail
from other accounts' setting. Of course, this is all way beyond what the
average person will ever want, need or do...
I use 3 mail servers and 3 email addresses to beat the internet and
mail server problems.
I have about 25 email addresses, some I manage/host myself (my own
domains), others are freebies like gmail, yahoo, etc (the yahoo and
hotmail are only for IM service, so I can have an IM identity for each
of the services so I can talk to anyone on any service)...
You are not limited to one mail software ( nor one bogus web browser
) You can have 3, 4, of 5, all set up and working.
I have 15 different accounts set up in TBird right now - all IMAP based
(with fetchmail to handle the POP only accounts like my Netzero and
gmail), all accessed through Thunderbird...
I think my mail software would handle 15 email addresses and maybe
that many mail servers. I normally limit it to 3 or 4.
Thunderbird would handle dozens - heck, hundreds of email accounts, and
as many servers (each account can be on the same server, or a different
one - makes no difference). And one thing I really like about
Thunderbird is each account has its own folders (Inbox, Sent, Drafts,
Templates, etc)... makes keeping things organized a breeze...
Use Web mail only as an emergency measure.
Emergency, or convenience... although I use strong passwords on all of
my accounts, so I have to carry my password for my main account around
with me as I still haven't memorized it (15 characters long, numbers,
letters and special characters)...
Some say they use it because they can check mail from anywhere. Of
course all my mail servers have Webmail any time I want to use it.
I prefer carrying around my Portable Thunderbird - then as long as I
have access to a computer with a live USB port, I don't need to pull out
my main account/password and resort to webmail.
I have always been able to check mail from any place I travel.
Ditto... as long as there is an internet connection. I also have access
to ALL of my mail, no matter how I'm accessing it, thanks to IMAP.
I may have been a "little" wrong about gMail.
A *little*? ;) Almost everything you initially accused it of was wrong...
But, it was because the fool that wrote the web page did a lousy job
explaining.
Wayne - be honest - and please don't blame someone else for your own
errors. You're the one who decided to rely on a 15 month old web page
complaining about a bug that was fixed the same day it was reported
(that is the 'page' you are referring to, no?). All it would have taken
is a few minutes with google to learn the facts about gmails capabilities...
I have set up mail on hundreds of computers, maybe thousands.
I have set up dozens of mail SERVERS, usually a combination of
postfix/courier-imap (but now I'm leaving courier-imap for dovecot), all
running SSL only connections, all requiring strong passwords...
I couldn't count the number of mail CLIENTS I've set up for friends,
family and clients...
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