Re: [Gmail-Users] POP or IMAP ? The old question

2014-04-18 Thread Marko Vukovic
​Hey Andy​ On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 6:41 AM, Andy ai.eg...@gmail.com wrote: Years ago I used an email client program with Gmail. I used POP3 to download all messages to my PC. It was the only choice. A few years later, Gmail added IMAP support. Everyone said it was better than POP3, but

Re: [Gmail-Users] POP or IMAP ? The old question

2014-04-17 Thread Keith Bainbridge
G'day Andy You got me re-thinking about the same question. I'm going to put in place an email client that stores each mail item as a separate file, re-set pop at gmail ie turn it off, then back on for all messages; and set up a simple, local back-up of that mail directory. I tried the Google