What I find to be a pain with imap is I have to copy my emails to another local folder to save them, because if you delete them off the server they are gone from your local machine. I like to save emails on my main home and work PCs.
On Feb 16, 2013, at 8:21 AM, "Vincent Winterling" <vincewinterl...@gmail.com> wrote: > The advantage of IMAP is that they can be stored locally and on the server. > > Vincent Winterling > Vineland, NJ > > -----Original Message----- > From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Thane > Sherrington > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 4:31 PM > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] IMAP and iPad > > At 02:05 PM 15/02/2013, Brian Weeden wrote: > >> Like with any email system, if you don't delete emails they have to >> reside somewhere. > > But with IMAP, they reside on the server, right, unlike POP where they are > downloaded to one's computer? > > T > > >