On Tue, 2014-09-02 at 13:27 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2014-09-02 at 05:01 -0600, Bart wrote: > > > Why do people still use POP, when IMAP is a more > > > complete solution and things like offline-imap and fetchmail exist > > for > > > those who work in an offline environment? > > > > > > > They use POP because they do not want their mail residing on someone > > else's computer. > > So download it to your own computer using fetchmail or offline IMAP mode > (or just dragging it between folders). IMAP doesn't force you to leave > it on a server. There is no feature of POP which IMAP does not also > have.
Why perform an additional step? POP does that for me. > > > I know it passes through other systems, but I have some messages that > > reside for long periods of time in various email folders for various > > reasons. And, I feel a lot more secure doing so. > > > > If I lose my phone, or my iPad, or my laptop, I don't need to worry > > about my email accounts. > > If you lose a device and the device is not properly secured then your > account is at risk whether it's IMAP or POP. Clearly in the IMAP case > you are also trusting the server admin to take proper care of your > stored mail, but you don't have to leave it there if you don't want to > (see above). > Not if the accounts don't exist on the portable device. My email goes to my desktop. My phone has one IMAP account that doesn't exist on my desktop. I have tried using IMAP and frankly see no advantage at all. I only see problems. Bart _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
