The way I see it : POP is stupid IMAP is intelligent
POP will download email from a server then optionally delete that email from the server IMAP will sync what's on your computer with what's on the server, so if you move/delete an email on your computer it'll be moved/deleted from your online webmail, phone or laptop. POP stores everything on your computer so requires backup but you're not restricted in how much you can store IMAP stores everything on the server and syncs to your computer, so you have a quota, Gmail kindly give you 8GB for free then waste it with the All Mail folder duplicating everything! Regards Sam MacAmbulance Providing affordable Apple & PC services Sam Mullen 07747 778022 http://www.macambulance.co.uk [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an 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/smug?hl=en-GB.
