Re: [Evolution] POP or IMAP

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

On Wed, 2013-01-23 at 08:28 +0100, Peter von Kaehne wrote:
> 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. 

This is true of IMAP accounts as well.  I read my mail offline on a
regular basis; you just check the download for offline use option.

> 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. 

Perhaps with some providers; but if you have a quality provider the
likelihood of encountering an issue is remote.  I have my IMAP account
active from three clients most days.  Concurrency problems are
historical foot-notes; especially with IMAP-X & servers that support
IDLE.