Mary Bull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 08/03/2005 at 11:05 AM wrote: Following a number of posts about the relative merits of using IMAP in place of POP for accessing mail on multiple computers:
>The discussion was originally about the needs of Avi (sacksa), and so >he can take from it whatever he finds helpful. :) There are several issues here: 1. learning curves moving from 1.62 to 3.51 as well as from POP to IMAP 2. IMAP risks. 3. space limitations Space limitations: I am not all that familiar with IMAP; however, AIUI, with IMAP mail is left on the server. With POP, it is downloaded. The advantage of IMAP with multiple computers is obvious. However, I get a LOT of mail: at least a dozen list servs plus personal mail. I easily get 250-350 messages/day. I get mail from four servers. With two I have 1gb space limitations. I will have to check and see how quickly those bytes are being used up, but space may be an issue. OTOH, I have lots of space on the computers at home. IMAP risks: Mary's comments about people losing their mail and that Ritlabs is still working on perfecting IMAP make me wary about using it, just yet, for that reason alone. Although it may have been designed for those with multiple computers in mind, until there is greater reliability across the board, why risk losing mail? Then there is the security issue. I don't object to keeping list serv mail on someone else's computer, but personal and business mail is another issue. Just how secure is that mail when it is stored on someone else's pc? Learning curves: I have used four different e-mail clients and my office is about to migrate me from one client to another in the next week. So the learning curve issue--and I may be underestimating the differences between 1.62r and 3.51-- doesn't bother me. The security issue as well as the occasional problems we hear from those who use IMAP are what will keep me from using IMAP for now. David Embrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 08/03/2005 at 06:21 AM wrote: >We simply have >one copy of the Bat on one of the machines, which is designated the >server (where we save all files and which is backed up regularly). We >then access the Bat .exe on the server from any of the machines on the >network (using a desktop short cut) from which we want to use the Bat. >The Bat opens on all of the machines without any fuss, and we can >create accounts for any of the users using this master copy This is a very simple solution that I like. For now I may just have to forego accessing e-mail while I am on the road. (Well, I can still access the servers directly, I just won't be able to use The Bat and have access to all of my prior mail.) However, if The Bat is on the pc and I use the laptop, at home, to access the bat.exe file on the "server," when e-mail is either downloaded or sent from the laptop while on the network, is the laptop essentially doing these operations on the file that resides on the pc (server) and so I don't need to then be concerned about synchronization? -- Avi Avram Sacks Chicago ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
