On Thu, Dec 3, 2015, at 07:06 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Thu, 2015-12-03 at 17:18 -0500, dave boland wrote: > > two other question. My isp says they support pop3. Would I be smart > > to use that instead of imap+ and leave the mail on the server (which > > is what I used to do, and I assume Evolution 3.16.5 can still do)? > > Definitely not. POP (including POP3) does not support folders on the > server side, or indeed many other features of IMAP. The only purpose in > setting "leave on server" for POP is so you can read your mail from > multiple clients, and even then it's usually assumed that one of those > clients will delete the mail from the server after downloading it. > > IMHO the only justification for using POP is when the server side > doesn't support IMAP. > > poc
Fair enough. However, I need a plan that gets the emails on my computer so they can be archived, and do so as automatically as possible. My isp deletes email older than 90 days, and I don't want to have to do archiving manually all the time. So what do I do if POP3 is not the answer? Dave, -- dave boland dbola...@fastmail.fm -- http://www.fastmail.com - The way an email service should be _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
