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| 442557 | 2006-03-31 21:20:00 | Considering the number of questions here regarding accessing emails from various user accounts and computers, why isn't IMAP recommended at all? Another advantage of using IMAP, as far as I can see, it could make programs like Mailwasher redundant so why isn't it promoted? I never see anyone here mention it. Does anyone here use IMAP? What are the disadvantages of it and why don't the ISPs themselves promote it more? |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 442558 | 2006-03-31 21:42:00 | It looks like Orcon and Woosh support IMAP. Some ISPS may support it, they just dont tell you, or say it on their homepage. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 442559 | 2006-03-31 22:16:00 | Advantages / Disadvantages of IMAP are here (en.wikipedia.org) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 442560 | 2006-04-01 10:11:00 | Thanks Speedy. That Wiki page was a bit heavy going but I got the gist of it. Seems to be more pros than cons but since email messages need to be manually deleted and then purged from the ISP's server I can imagine that the ISPs wouldn't be too keen on having people forget. They would run out of room pretty smartly. | FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 442561 | 2006-04-01 11:07:00 | What happens though is that alot of people run into quota issues on the mail server as they get sent fairly large attachments (and they keep their mail for years).... It isn't too hard to purge your messages from time to time but people just don't seem to "get it". P.S. Ihug of all things don't seem to support IMAP (apart from their own webmail), so I just use POP with leave mail on server. I actually asked them about it, as it seems really wierd to run a mail server without IMAP. The only trouble with IMAP on some email clients is that keep the Local folders hanging around even though they are mostly redunant. This can cause much user confusion as in "so I have two In boxes..???" |
gibler (49) | ||
| 442562 | 2006-04-01 21:51:00 | I use IMAP with some of my mail. I have multiple accounts. It was extremely useful when accessing mail from multiple points, and is great for a laptop with unpredictable network access, because it's default behavior is to download only the headers of the email, which stops the timeout issues and so forth i have seen with busy inboxes that don't get checked every few minutes. These days i have /home/me on a portable device, so the issues associated with having mail split between multiple machines are no longer applicable. Therefore IMAP has only experermentive value IMAP also means the Joe and Jane can share a mailbox, and only pick up whats relevant to themselves. Another advantage could be a small sales team where whoever has the time will deal with generic sales enquiries, and ignore what they believe others will be more equipped to deal with. |
personthingy (1670) | ||
| 442563 | 2006-04-01 23:54:00 | I definitely prefer IMAP. I'm often on multiple computers and having access of all my mail is a advantage. I just joined iHug and I'm disappointed that they don't offer it. What annoyed me even more was the measly 5MB allowance given the price and size of hard drives these days. | joshjnz (7844) | ||
| 442564 | 2006-04-02 00:38:00 | Just buy a cheap web hosting account and use the email features included with that. :) | maccrazy (6741) | ||
| 442565 | 2006-04-02 01:03:00 | Just buy a cheap web hosting account and use the email features included with that. :)That's how i do it. Depends on if you want your_name_via_IMAP@your-domain or pop3_username@ihug or whatever. | personthingy (1670) | ||
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