IMAP allows you to have the same messages in your Inbox, Sent folder and Drafts wherever you are. So if I reply to a message at work and then check my mail when I get home, then its marked R in mutt and a copy of the reply is in the Sent folder. Under the same circumstances with POP, it would not be marked Read and you wouldn't have a copy of the reply.
Sounds trivial until you get used to the continuity. I tend to bounce from PC to PC at work so its really useful. Also great if you follow threads in a discussion. Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: "aphro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jaldhar H. Vyas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Debian User" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>; <recipient list not shown: ;> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 6:25 AM Subject: Re: So I guess no one really cares about the IMAP folder root. > curious what makes IMAP so important ? ive had tons of ISPs and been on > tons of networks and all of them used POP3 .. > > what makes IMAP better for you then POP3 ? > > nate > > On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > > jaldha >There was some discussion of having the IMAP folder root be configurable > jaldha >(i.e $HOME or $HOME/mail). A few days ago I wrote of a way to do > jaldha >this. Mind you it came with a big fat warning from the author but I would > jaldha >have assumed *somebody* tried it. No one has gotten back to me to tell me > jaldha >if it worked or not. Shall I assume you don't really care. ;-) > jaldha > > jaldha >-- > jaldha >Jaldhar H. Vyas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > jaldha > > jaldha > > jaldha >-- > jaldha >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > jaldha > > > ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- > Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ > Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ > Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ > Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ > Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ > -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- > 10:18pm up 174 days, 10:32, 1 user, load average: 1.06, 1.06, 1.04 > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
