Hello John, JM> What is IMAP, how does one happen to get this type of email account JM> instead of a regular pop account?
I'm sure many people on this list could explain IMAP better than I. I've also read helpful introductions to IMAP on the web by typing in <IMAP POP3 compared> into google. Basically IMAP is a protocol which, rather than simply allowing a single-stream download from an inbox to a mail client, allows you to maintain the same folder structure, and exactly the same message store, between your mail client and your mail server. This basically means that your account as it appears on the bat will be replicated on the server so that when you log into its web-interface you will have things exactly the same as at home. One can also easily just download message headers, etc <phew> I have just switched to Fastmail, which looks impressivly reliable as a mail server, but I know myrealbox also hosts IMAP accounts. I guess it's most helpful if you need to use the web interface of your server a lot. Otherwise things aren't quite as smooth and seamless in the bat as with POP3, (as far as I'm concerned after a few days) mainly because of the synchronisation process, and, as I said in my original post, IMAP accounts need to be purged for moved and deleted mesages on the server to be finally sorted out of the folders they are coming from. AT the moment I can have up to 5 numbers in the Unread and Total columns combined of the message tree because the tree tells you how many messages in the folder on the bat and on the server. These figures don't match (between the bat and the server) until you purge the folder. But I hope the bat's IMAP will improve ... being the new protocol it will doubtless become more widely used. It has already improved a great deal in v2.01. It is now fully functional, it could just do with some refining. <phew> -- David Boggon [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.01 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
