At 10:28 6/25/98 -0600, dreamwvr wrote:
>Hi Sean,
> You had mentioned that IMAP is better than POP3 but i am not certain
>how to configure it:'( do you simply add it to /etc/services and have it
>listen for
>requests for mail. From what i understand it does the delivery rather than
>sendmail. That way sendmail sends mail and recieves it but does not
deliver;')
>It would be wonderful if i could just understand the POP3 and IMAP setup
>syntax that way i could try them both out:')
> Thanks for all your help:')
> dreamwvr
POP3 was designed with the assumption that clients would connect and
download all mail, deleting it from the server. Mail can be left on the
server but POP3 wasn't designed for that to be a primary mode of operation,
so it's not efficient.
IMAP is a superset of POP3 that was designed with more options in mind.
Clients can create folders on the server and move messages between them.
This implies that IMAP will increase your server storage requirements.
There is more, but you can get the RFC and check it out for yourself
<http://www.imc.org/>.
Tony
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