Re: Why IMAP instead of POP3 [was: getting mail from Exchange/Outlook]

2017-09-14 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 14 September 2017 11:23:10 David Wright wrote: > On Thu 14 Sep 2017 at 10:59:01 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Thursday 14 September 2017 10:40:48 Frank wrote: > > > Op 14-09-17 om 14:15 schreef to...@tuxteam.de: > > > > I know, with pop3 you can theoretically leave your mail at t

Re: Why IMAP instead of POP3 [was: getting mail from Exchange/Outlook]

2017-09-14 Thread David Wright
On Thu 14 Sep 2017 at 10:59:01 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 14 September 2017 10:40:48 Frank wrote: > > > Op 14-09-17 om 14:15 schreef to...@tuxteam.de: > > > I know, with pop3 you can theoretically leave your mail at the ↑↑↑

Re: Why IMAP instead of POP3 [was: getting mail from Exchange/Outlook]

2017-09-14 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 14 September 2017 10:40:48 Frank wrote: > Op 14-09-17 om 14:15 schreef to...@tuxteam.de: > > I know, with pop3 you can theoretically leave your mail at the > > server, but... the protocol makes it very difficult to see that > > you don't download mails twice, or many times. > > Not in

Re: Why IMAP instead of POP3 [was: getting mail from Exchange/Outlook]

2017-09-14 Thread Frank
Op 14-09-17 om 14:15 schreef to...@tuxteam.de: I know, with pop3 you can theoretically leave your mail at the server, but... the protocol makes it very difficult to see that you don't download mails twice, or many times. Not in my experience. What makes you think it's difficult? Regards, Frank

Why IMAP instead of POP3 [was: getting mail from Exchange/Outlook]

2017-09-14 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 07:38:57AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: [...] > I'm sort of moving OT, but want to ask: presumably you think IMAP is > preferable to POP3--what makes you say that (in general)? POP3 is only useful if you plan to always g