From: "Bob Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sunday, Apr 30, 2006 9:56 am
Subject: RE: [Treo] EIS
yes, but there are tens of millions who use it, the biggest being yahoo and google. Ever heard of them. :-)
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Google is actually primarily an IMAP server (which is why you have all of those folders you can sort into through the web interface)... And you can use an IMAP client to sync your gmail.
Yahoo does not offer IMAP access... But they acquired Oddpost which does. In fact, Yahoo acquired Oddpost primarily to strengthen their email offerings.
I'm also tickled that none of the companies I have ever worked for used IMAP, even though they have all had the capability of doing so. I use IMAP for my personal email. So I guess it's not "mostly for businesses" like some have suggested.
Finally, the more prevalent standard is not always the superior one. Beta video tapes had superior video and audio quality, yet do you see any Beta tapes at Blockbuster?
IMAP is far superior for lot of reasons. And the best part is that you can use an IMAP account just like a POP3 account (keep all your email in one folder, delete it and make it disappear for good), but you can never get a POP3 account to do server-side folder filtering, and sync the message store across platforms for uniformity.
Mitch
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