On 5/16/05, Allie Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone who uses more than one computer and as a result, read their mail > from more than one machine on a regular basis, should consider using this > protocol. This may be multiple machines in your home (that's me), or > machines at home and at work (that's also me). It *amazingly* simplifies > things and increases your flexibility. With POP, I tended to resist > using multiple machines or reading mail from multiple locations because > of the potential hassles and hoop jumping involved in doing so.
Allie, I appreciate your sincerity, but... I have all of those conditions but none of those problems. The reason is because instead of setting up my own "IMAP server" (a dedicated computer or whatever I would have to do), I let Google (or my own domain Webmail) handle the central storage headache for me. Right now I am sitting in the airport, waiting for a flight and replying to your letter. I am not worried about losing any mail. I don't need to connect to my homemade IMAP server. I don't have to leave a homemade IMAP server in place and worry about blackouts or poor connections. I just connect to my Gmail account and download the latest mail. I don't see how I am jumping through any special hoops. It seems like I have less "hoops" than ever before. I did not need to buy another email client just to accommodate IMAP nor have I had to pull my hair out over TB's IMAP implementation. So, for now at least, I stick with POP3, primitive as it might be. But let me not get into this IMAP debate. OTFE that can be activated on top of an existing installation of TB is my main thing. -- Avi Yashar Windows XP Pro SP2 and The Bat! Pro 3.5 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is (none) | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
