Hello Stuart, Saturday, June 16, 2012, 9:40:37 PM, you wrote:
>> Then I would have IMAP emulating POP... S> The main reason I use IMAP is the ability to have two computers with the same S> messages on both, all sent messages on both, all messages I have read marked as S> read, etc. If you only use one computer then no big deal. I use three computers and have all messages on each. The beauty is that if one HD crashes, I always have two backups. For outgoing messages, I BCC to myself. >> Another problem with IMAP is that the messages have to actually be >> kept on the server. I keep 14 days worth of mail on the server, older >> mails are on my laptop and my PC. If I keep more than say, 2,000 or >> 3,000 messages on the server, download becomes very slow, so I try to >> limit the number of messages. S> If you require you can set-up an archive account in TB! and move all the old S> messages there. The archive account can be local. I have 13 POP acounts. And one IMAP account because that provider does not provide POP access. -- Cheers, Thomas. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 5.1.6.4 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 5.1.6.4 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
