Re: [Evolution] IMAP vs. POP

2010-03-18 Thread Ng Oon-Ee
On Thu, 2010-03-18 at 08:32 -0500, C de-Avillez wrote: > > 3. POP allows for offline access of emails (already received, of > course), IMAP does not (but most clients will offer the option for > local storage of email). If you use offlineimap (great software!), you get IMAP offline anytime you wa

Re: [Evolution] IMAP vs. POP

2010-03-18 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2010-03-18 at 16:45 +, Paul Leyland wrote: > > Quite a few valid reasons for IMAP. Except. In my situation, I don't > > need backup by an administrator, I'm him. All the accounts on my single > > machine are from only two hosts. I don't need auto vacation messages. > > I keep my fol

Re: [Evolution] IMAP vs. POP

2010-03-18 Thread Paul Leyland
> Quite a few valid reasons for IMAP. Except. In my situation, I don't > need backup by an administrator, I'm him. All the accounts on my single > machine are from only two hosts. I don't need auto vacation messages. > I keep my folders quite small in size/number of messages. I have a huge > d

Re: [Evolution] IMAP vs. POP

2010-03-18 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2010-03-18 at 04:34 -0600, Bart wrote: > On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 09:06 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 08:42 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > > > On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 05:13 -0600, Bart wrote: > > > > Hope this is not too far off topic. > > > > I am using pop fo

Re: [Evolution] IMAP vs. POP

2010-03-18 Thread C de-Avillez
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:34:22 -0600 Bart wrote: > Quite a few valid reasons for IMAP. Except. In my situation, I don't > need backup by an administrator, I'm him. All the accounts on my > single machine are from only two hosts. I don't need auto vacation > messages. I keep my folders quite s

Re: [Evolution] IMAP vs. POP

2010-03-18 Thread Xavier Bestel
On Thu, 2010-03-18 at 04:34 -0600, Bart wrote: > Quite a few valid reasons for IMAP. Except. In my situation, I don't > need backup by an administrator, I'm him. All the accounts on my single > machine are from only two hosts. I don't need auto vacation messages. > I keep my folders quite small

Re: [Evolution] IMAP vs. POP

2010-03-18 Thread Bart
On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 09:06 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 08:42 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > > On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 05:13 -0600, Bart wrote: > > > Hope this is not too far off topic. > > > I am using pop for all my email accounts. I receive all my mail on one >

Re: [Evolution] IMAP vs. POP

2010-03-17 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 08:42 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 05:13 -0600, Bart wrote: > > Hope this is not too far off topic. > > I am using pop for all my email accounts. I receive all my mail on one > > machine at one location. But I keep seeing remarks that indicate IM

Re: [Evolution] IMAP vs. POP

2010-03-17 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 12:39 +0100, randall wrote: > On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 05:13 -0600, Bart wrote: > > Hope this is not too far off topic. > > I am using pop for all my email accounts. I receive all my mail on one > > machine at one location. But I keep seeing remarks that indicate IMAP > > as be

Re: [Evolution] IMAP vs. POP

2010-03-17 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 05:13 -0600, Bart wrote: > Hope this is not too far off topic. > I am using pop for all my email accounts. I receive all my mail on one > machine at one location. But I keep seeing remarks that indicate IMAP > as being just "SO" much better. > Would someone either explain or

Re: [Evolution] IMAP vs. POP

2010-03-17 Thread randall
On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 05:13 -0600, Bart wrote: > Hope this is not too far off topic. > > I am using pop for all my email accounts. I receive all my mail on one > machine at one location. But I keep seeing remarks that indicate IMAP > as being just "SO" much better. > > Would someone either expl

[Evolution] IMAP vs. POP

2010-03-17 Thread Bart
Hope this is not too far off topic. I am using pop for all my email accounts. I receive all my mail on one machine at one location. But I keep seeing remarks that indicate IMAP as being just "SO" much better. Would someone either explain or point me to a place where I can learn the reasons for