Re: Jumping ship

On 05/12/11 19:53, cr wrote:
> On Thursday 01 December 2011 10:49:21 Jaco wrote:
>>> +1.
>>>
>>> Dump (the standard setup of) POP, and this problem disappears. And you
>>> get the freedom to access your mail from any device that you so choose.
>>
>> People still use POP?
>>
>> :p
>>
>> On a related note to an earlier post, I've helped a few folks migrate
>> from a local POP account to an IMAP setup.
>>
>> (1st step, backup, backup, back)
>> In your preferred mail client, in addition to you local POP store,
>> simply add your preferred IMAP account.
>> Simply drag&  drop your mail&  folders from your POP account to your
>> IMAP account - may take a bit of time to upload, but generally this
>> works a charm. Metadata should also be retained (depending on your client)
>>
>> Another nice feature of IMAP is IMAP-IDLE (depending on
>> client/server-capabilities), which allows for near-instant "push mail"
>>
>> - J
>>
>
> I'll keep that in mind if I decide to leave Kmail/POP.   It now appears Kmail2
> still uses Maildir, with Akonadi managing it, so it probably complies with my
> prejudices about mail formats being retrievable by 'any editor' down the
> track.    So I'll probably stick with Kmail for a while, since I like the
> 'look and feel'.   And look at Imap if Kmail strikes problems.
>
IMAP is not an alternative to Kmail (or TBird or whatever). IMAP is a 
different method of getting mail from the server. You can use pretty 
much any client. The big advantage is that it leaves the mail on the 
server which makes backing up just an extension of backing up the 
server. Of course you can download your mail locally as well if you use 
IMAP but why would you? As someone said "Does anyone still use POP?".

Cheers,

Cliff


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