When using pop, I set my home machine to never delete work emails from the server and my work machine to never delete home emails from the server. Then, I set my work machine to delete all work emails from the server after one week. Then I set my home machine to delete all home emails from the server in a similar time. So, I get synced emails at both locations.
I guess why imap does it lets you see the same set of emails at any location so you always know what as been sent from your account. With pop as I use it above, you don't get that....so sent mail has to be cc'ed to ensure you know what you sent to someone from any location. On Feb 16, 2013, at 12:41 PM, Thane Sherrington <th...@computerconnectionltd.com> wrote: > At 12:29 PM 16/02/2013, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: >> What really sucks is when you don't realize how it works and you delete a >> bunch of stuff you need....that's how I learned of this "feature". >> >> I don't think I see the advantage of IMAP. > > I see the advantage for people who want to have multiple machines with synced > emails, but it doesn't work if you want to keep more than a few emails (or > have an ISP who is willing to give you a ton of storage and you trust that > storage. > > T >
