Jan-Herbert Damm <jan-h-d...@web.de> writes: > if you have access to broadband flatrate internet (as many people in > agglomerations here in germany do) i can't think of the benefit of > managing my mails on a remote server.
Well, It's quite useful if you wish to access your mail on many different computers and mobile devices. In fact, fast flatrate connectivity probably increases the usefulness of something like IMAP. The main drawback, and the mainreason I don't use it directly is that unless you run a local server with the low latency that gives you, it's just too slow. 1 second to display an email is more noticeable than you'd think before you try it. -- If animal trapped call 410-844-6286
