Re: [Evolution] POP or IMAP

["Peter von Kaehne" <refdoc gmx net>]

> Von: JC <jcriswell58 gmail com>
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 8:42 PM, Adam Tauno Williams
> <awilliam whitemice org
> > wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 2013-01-22 at 11:27 -0600, JC wrote:
> > > Would it be worth the
> > > change if it can be done?
> >
> > Certainly, IMAP is in every way superior;  POP is a dead legacy
> > solution, it certainly is not appropriate for a mailbox accessed by
> > multiple devices.

> Ookaaay.  I'm not at all up on the email environment.  Exactly where would
> this dragging take place? And where would this IMAP account be created?

I would strongly suggest that you stick to POP. It has served you well and spurious technical "superiority" 
as claimed above is meaningless when you struggle to understand the basic concepts. Yes, IMAP can do more 
things, but you can also mess up worse with IMAP. 

And awilliam@ is most certainly wrong that POP is inappropriate to use on an account shared with several 
devices. 

POP is simple, robust, keeps your emails on your local computer and has no ambitions to provide you with an 
overarching mail management. The disadvantage list is short: If you delete a mail on your computer it is 
still on the mail server. If you move a mail out of the main inbox into another folder on server, before it 
is downloaded via POP, you won't get it on the computer. 

On the other side you have your email secure on the local server and when you lose access to your server 
account, move it or get hacked they are still there on your local PC. 

IMAP on the other side can be very fickle when several devices access the same mailbox. If you have not used 
it before - there are many new ways of losing email permanently. 

Your emails on this list suggest to me that you will get all the disadvantages and none of the advantages.   

Peter