On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 08:12:58AM -0700, Brad Bourn wrote:
On Wednesday 01 December 2004 07:31 pm, James Knott wrote:
Joe Polk wrote:
I thought SuSE didn't allow standard POP3 by default. What is IMAP going to give you different?
The advantage with imap is when you've got multiple computers or mail clients. In pop, only the client that downloads it, has it available. With imap, the mail stays on the server, so that all clients can see all the messages.
But don't you then have to be connected to the server to get mail?
Yes, but you can still configure your client to behave the same way as with POP (to download each message to the local machine and delete it from the server), but with IMAP, you have the choice of downloading it locally and deleting from the server, or leaving it on the server. -- David Smith Work Email: Dave.Smith@st.com STMicroelectronics Home Email: David.Smith@ds-electronics.co.uk Bristol, England GPG Key: 0xF13192F2