Ana, perhaps just go and get a coffee or lunch and let the computer/server synchronise? Once its done the initial sync, individual episodes of syncing don;t take long and happen in the background anyway. I use Gmail, mostly on the web, but use Mail too so I have an offline copy of stuff should I need it (lots of meetings). Given I work at different machines, having the account set up as IMAP is very helpful. It does mean that if I've not used the macbook for a few days, the sync takes a while, but its usually only a couple of minutes at most. The first time I set it up and it was syncing about 15GB of data took a while though. But its a background task, so it is possible to get on with stuff while its doing it.
Sam's summary of the differences is to the point. Having made the switch myself some years ago, I struggle to see why someone would want to choose POP over IMAP but as Sam says, redoing the account with the wrong password on purpose will pull up other options including using POP and still allow you to input the correct password before you commit. Regards Russell ---------------------------------------------------------- Manor Park Medical Centre www.manorparksurgery.com Tel 01323482301 East Sussex Local Medical Committee (Chair) www.sslmcs.co.uk/ Tel 01372389270 ---------------------------------------------------------- Have your say about NHS market reforms Visit www.lookafterournhs.org.uk On 2 August 2011 11:43, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ana > > If you incorrectly type your password on purpose while setting up the > account, mail wont default to imap, it'll ask for more details, then you can > choose pop. > > Regards > > Sam > > -- > MacAmbulance > Sam Mullen > 07747778022 > [email protected] > > On 2 Aug 2011, at 11:39, Ana Iaria <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 02/08/2011 10:58, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > >> Hi Ana > >> > >> If you enter your password incorrectly, Mail should ask you for more > information, then you can select pop instead of IMAP but I would definitely > recommend IMAP! > >> > >> > > Thanks Sam, password was correct. > > > > My problem is that whenever it checks emails it stays forever in loop > downloading very old messages. I never used IMAP as I never liked and now it > takes forever to check email. Will stick to TB until I can find out where to > revert to POP. > > > > I never managed to work with IMAP in seamless way. > > > > Ana > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
