of course: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imap#Advantages_over_POP
-- rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 758 801 749 www.mountbatten.net On Thursday 28 October 2010 07:42:50 IT-Doc24 Ltd. - Rocco Radisch wrote: > I agree with the comments, but speaking off advantages and disadvantages > why not exploring them? > The only "advantage" (IMHO) IMAP has is a) synchronising the inbox > across several email clients including folders and sub-folders and b) > IMAP-IDLE or called push email. Although, MS Outlook 2007 is still buggy > on the IMAP implementation, IMAP-Idle is still not supported. > Thunderbird is the winner here, also the offline cache implementation is > by far smoother then with MS Outlook when it comes to slow links in my > opinion. > POP3 synchronisation across multiple email clients can be simulated via > "keep copy on server option", but that doesn't work with user created > sub-folders. > Any other important features to compare? > Rocco > > On 27/10/2010 10:45 PM, Victor van R wrote: > > On 27-10-2010 22:25, Markus A. Wipfler wrote: > >> Tomorrow your hard disk crashes, or you need to access your mail from > >> somewhere and you don't have your laptop / phone, what do you do ? > > > > You have a copy of all your mail on the server (keep copy on server > > option). That is what I like about pop! And not only the mail that you > > kept through your email client with IMAP, but all!! > > > > Maybe we could say: IMAP is the model that served well in the time > > that storage space mattered?? But now...with no limitations... pop > > rules ;-) > > > > V > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > > (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for > > them in any way. > > --------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > way. ---------------------------------------
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