> Dave Crocker wrote: > this is going to take us down a distracting path, but since > you mention it, i would have switched to IMAP long ago, for > exactly the multi-computer scenario you cite. but i have not > come across an email user agent with features I need that > also has support for IMAP that works acceptably. Ditto. Among other things, my requirements for email are: - It must be accessible from several computers. - It must be accessible over https from anywhere, which pretty much means the mail has to be stored on the server. Some loss of functionality compared to the native client is acceptable. - It must be accessible offline from a laptop (with a real keyboard, for plane trips) that can synchronize over a dial-up and from a PDA/phone that can synchronize over GPRS. Preferably it should not try to sync that 5 meg spreadsheet that requires 1024x768 or better to view to the PDA. I would say that IMHO if IMAP has not replaced POP, it's because of two things: - No ISP would provide enough storage for _my_ mailbox and subfolders, and I think that to large extent this would be true for most would-be IMAP users. - "enterprise" software has grabbed a large part of that potential market by providing smoother off-line functionality and better integration with calendar/contacts stuff. I don't see why IMAP could not provide these features; I guess it's a matter of implementation. I do see very good value in having a standards-based system but unfortunately I've not found one that I like. Michel.