Hello -=Curtis=-! On Wednesday, August 03, 2005, 10:06 AM, you wrote:
>> Not only overkill for Avi's purposes. > The only people I read making this claim are POP users who've never > really tried or used the protocol for an extended period where it's > advantages would be exploited. Well, I concede all your points on the desirability of IMAP for people with more than one machine. > Once there's a need for working with the same mail in multiple > locations, IMAP becomes an option. It may not be appropriate for a > particular person's situation, however, just to requote the original > query: > ,----- / \ > | I have a pc and a laptop. I want to be able to download and > | view e-mail on either machine and would like to be able to do this whether > | the two computers are hooked up in network or not. (I suspect that this > | latter item may not be easily possible.) And, I would like both machines > | to somehow automatically synchronize to each other's e-mail contents when > | they are hooked up in network. Is any or all of this possible. > `----- > My instinctive response to the above would be to recommend using IMAP. Of course. But consider that Avi is upgrading from v. 1.62r to v. 3.51.10. There's going to be a lot to learn just doing that, without throwing TB!'s still problematic IMAP code into the mix, do you not think? > The only situation where I wouldn't recommend IMAP as a solution for the > above problem would be the lack of a broadband or LAN connection to the > IMAP server. Or, if it would involve learning the new GUI and IMAP at the same time while in a work production environment? As a consequence of the upgrade from v. 1.62r to v. 3.51.10? >> Another drawback to using IMAP with 3.51.10 is that it is still not >> usable for some people, per reports on TBBETA. > Not usable for some. However, it's usable for some, myself being one of > them. Who knows which group you'll fall into without trying it? I don't say that Avi shouldn't try it. I say that he should get comfortable with POP in v. 3.51.10 first. :) -- Best regards, Mary The Bat! 3.51.10 on Windows XP 5.1 2600 Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
