If I want to share email between a computer an iPad, can I use IMAP
rather than POP? If I use IMAP, am I right in thinking that the
mail will take up space on my provider and ultimately fill the mailbox there?
T
Thank you Thane! I've been wondering this also.. :)
Duncan
On 02/15/2013 12:43, Thane Sherrington wrote:
If I want to share email between a computer an iPad, can I use IMAP
rather than POP? If I use IMAP, am I right in thinking that the mail
will take up space on my provider and ulti
If you're using one of the more popular email services (Gmail, Yahoo, etc)
or an Exchange account, the iPad setup pretty much takes care of that:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4810
Otherwise, you can follow this guide to manually setup either a POP or IMAP
account:
https://support.exabytes.com/KB
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
Correct. Imap uses server space. Also depending on mailbox size, speed
might be an issue
On Feb 15, 2013 4:31 PM, "Thane Sherrington" <
th...@computerconnectionltd.com> wrote:
> At 02:05 PM 15/02/2013, Brian Weeden wrote:
>
> Like with any email system, if you don't delete emails they have to r
Christopher,
Can you please expand on your 'Correct'?
OK, I do not trust anInternet Email provider.
OK, I do not trust my local ISP.
I do POP3 emailto my local Thunderbird (on this machine).
When I delete my old emaillocally, I assumemy email is GONE!
Am I being stupid now, and just do not underst
If you use the IMAP protocol, the email is stored on your ISP's mail
server. If you use POP then you download then delete. IMAP can cache
stuff locally, but overall all the messages are stored and synced with the
server. This allows you to delete messages from IMAP from your ipad and
have them d
Christopher,
Best answer I've ever read. Thank you.
I do not do 'phone/ipad' email, but I get it.
Think I will stay POP3 for now; well untilI can not.
IMAP reads to me as another layer (ISP) to deal with.
Thank you.
Duncan
On 02/15/2013 18:51, Christopher Fisk wrote:
If you use the IMAP protoco
My daughter has the iPhone and I use a hosted email through GoDaddy.
IMAP works fine. Your message limit is dependent on your provider,
Godaddy is unlimited (for me anyway).
Regards,
joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...
"...now these points of data make a beautiful line..."
> Or
POP can be set to leave messages on the server.
Think of IMAP like a web based service. Hotmail, for example.
You can be on any PC, anywhere and your hotmail is the same.
Any changes you make, delete, move, whatever - is how it is wherever you
are.
IMAP can be a tad slower in my experience. Depend
IMAP shouldn't be that big of a deal and your ISP should support it, if
not... that's pretty sad.
IMAP is nice, for many reasons, but it's great to have your email
accessible from your PC, someone else's PC, your laptop, your
smartphone, etc.
It's the wave of the future - wave of the future, wave o
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