On 01/01/2012 05:54 PM, Frank Murphy wrote: > On 31/12/11 21:44, Craig White wrote: >> >> POP3 for a typical mail client is for people who are mired in the 1990's >> and thus slavishly move mail from computer to computer, program to >> program, either out of ignorance for a better way or just lack >> imagination. But if you never change computers, never change e-mail >> programs, never want to use another computer or device to check e-mail, >> then sure, POP3. >> > > I used imap until such time as it got to 100,000 mails > (the ones I kept) I'm on a lot of lists dnd did it crawl. > Since moving back to pop, no speed problems. > Simple backup to raid1 takes care of losing email worries. > > > You know, I don't think anybody should feel the need to justify what type of email system they use or what tools they use to manage their email traffic. Shouldn't we all be happy that Linux/Unix and standards offer us more than one choice? -- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -- Douglas Adams in "Mostly Harmless -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org