Mark wrote: > The assertion that IMAP is better for use on multiple computers is > absolutely untrue, as I have had great success with POP3 on multiple > computers for many years. The truth is that I have more precise > control, with much less fussing and finagling, with POP3 than with > IMAP. As a matter of fact, most of the assertions about IMAP's > supposed advantages over POP3 are patently untrue. > > The truth is that IMAP has some limitations of its own (ironically due > to its online server-oriented nature) that don't exist at all with > POP3, and while IMAP may be better for some, POP3 is far better for > others. > > It's the difference between Windows and Linux: IMAP is Windows, > bloated and trying to be all things to all people, whereas POP is > Linux, with the power to do *exactly* what you want it to do and do it > a lot more efficiently, you just have to know how to get it done. This is one area where I have to disagree. Having used POP and IMAP, there's no way I'd use POP when I have a choice. I read my personal email on a variety of computers, including one at work. With IMAP, my mail is consistent on all computers. I don't have to remember to download a message to a computer, before it disappear from a POP server. I don't have to remember what computer I sent a message from, when searching my sent messages. No matter which computer I use, all the messages are there and when I delete from one, I delete from all, since the mail is stored in a common location. However, the above does not excuse the problems of with the mail program or the arrogance of some. -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
