Hello Mike,
Wednesday, May 22, 2002, 1:50:13 AM, you wrote:
MD> Original Message:
MD> From: Csaba Kiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
MD> Date: Tuesday May 21 2002 04:37PM PT
CK>> Hello,
CK>> I have just realized that our mail server supports both POP3
CK>> access and IMAP access. Which do you think I should use? I read the
CK>> same mail account from work and home, so it would be really nice to
CK>> see the same messages at both places. However, I don't really see what
CK>> IMAP could give me over POP using the BAT.
MD> The one advantage of IMAP that I might like is that the mail is stored on
MD> the server. So if I have a PC crash, my mail is still on the server and I
MD> can retrieve it. Although if your provider crashes, are they backing up
MD> their mail servers? Maybe not. Something to think about.
MD> I also have the option of POP and IMAP, and I go with POP. I just leave
MD> the mail on the server at all of my mail client locations, except one where
MD> it downloads the mail and deletes it from the server. That way, I can
MD> still see e-mail wherever I'm at.
MD> -MikeD
I do it exactly the same way. I don't think my postmaster would be
happy if I left my mail hanging around the mail server for ages when
there are thousands of users there. I leave the messages on the server
for 10 days, because that's long enough to download them at clients.
--
Best regards,
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MTC Karolinska Institute
Stockholm, Sweden
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