AM> In a nutshell, IMAP allows you to seamlessly manage your mail from AM> multiple machines. Despite working from different machines, all mail AM> is still at a single location, i.e., on the IMAP server. Webmail AM> achieves a similar effect, but with WebMail, you can't work with AM> clients like TB!.
I love the way you can explain things, you're very good at that! But...... to me this sounds just like the feature to "not delete messages at the server", so that you can indeed access your mail from various locations.
I can understand that impression, however it's not at all the same. With IMAP, you are accessing the same full mailbase from any location -- not just incoming messages, but the entire folder structure complete with sent messages.
I often need to go back into my sent messages archives to research communications with clients. With IMAP, I can do this from home, or the office, or from anywhere. With POP3, the only awkward workaround for this is cc'ing myself on every message I send.
Additionally, having the same message archive with the same folder structure available at any time from any location makes it much more convenient than trying to use a single POP3 mailbox from multiple locations. And with webmail access to the same mailbase, I don't even need to be on one of my own computers to access the same information.
-- Dave
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