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Thread ID: 123149	2012-02-07 02:07:00	IMAP pro's & con's ???	1101 (13337)	Press F1

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1257842	2012-02-07 02:07:00	hi there I sort of know the Pro's of IMAP what are the real world cons in moving from pop3 to imap ?? Where companies want several users or several (4) PC's to access the same email a/c ?? assuming the ISP supports IMAP Cheers	1101 (13337)
1257843	2012-02-07 02:41:00	About the only con I can think of is that IMAP is slightly slower. However being able to see my email exactly the same way in exactly the same folders on two PCs with Thunderbird and my Windows Phone far outweighs that downside. The other downside is that outside of Gmail I know of nothing that supports IMAP...	pcuser42 (130)
1257844	2012-02-07 02:59:00	Looks like telecom might support IMAP (might) www.telecombusinesshub.co.nz " Basic – for infrequent or light mail users. Basic doesn’t include calendars, tasks or any of the collaboration features of Business Mail and is only accessible with Outlook Web Access or a POP/SMTP or IMAP client. Business Mail Basic costs $2.50 (+GST) per user per month. Standard – for typical business users. Business Mail Standard includes all of the standard features of Microsoft Exchange, such as calendars, tasks and full access to Microsoft Outlook. It starts from $9.95 + GST per user per month. " basic does but std doesnt ?? Ive got to admit , the vague info on the website doesnt inspire confidence	1101 (13337)
1257845	2012-02-07 03:14:00	Looking into it a bit further, Telecom Hosted Exchange would be perfect for some business users, who want to be able to access old(sent) emails while out of the office, but cant justify buying their own server .Rather than getting me to setup pop3 on several PC's accessing the same email a/c. 2G storage limit is a bit stingy for 2012 though . ?	1101 (13337)
1257846	2012-02-07 03:49:00	IMAP is a good choice for multi-device access of emails. I use an iPhone, iPad, Thunderbird and Webmail. Having any changes I make reflected through all of them is most useful and a big up. The big down is that unless you have adequate storage from your ISP, you are going to have to setup your own mail server. I have the skills so I set up a Postfix based system for my vanity domain emails, so my mailbox limits are determined by how much storage I make available. Google Mail have 7Gb out of the box, and you can pay to get more. A few clients I have setup with Google Apps seem to be quite happy.	HAL9000 (12736)
1257847	2012-02-07 05:07:00	There can also be some 'quirks' with simultaneous access by multiple clients, such as updating message flags & with purging deleted messages. It depends on the particular server and to a lesser extent the clients in use. Dovecot would be my recommendation if you have a choice.	fred_fish (15241)
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