Re: [Evolution] Errors receiving mail via POP

[Bart <montana_evolution_user hardinmt us>]

On Tue, 2014-09-02 at 13:27 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Tue, 2014-09-02 at 05:01 -0600, Bart wrote:
> > >   Why do people still use POP, when IMAP is a more
> > > complete solution and things like offline-imap and fetchmail exist
> > for
> > > those who work in an offline environment?
> >
> > They use POP because they do not want their mail residing on someone
> > else's computer.
>
> So download it to your own computer using fetchmail or offline IMAP mode
> (or just dragging it between folders). IMAP doesn't force you to leave
> it on a server. There is no feature of POP which IMAP does not also
> have.

Why perform an additional step?  POP does that for me.

> > I know it passes through other systems, but I have some messages that
> > reside for long periods of time in various email folders for various
> > reasons.  And, I feel a lot more secure doing so.
> >
> > If I lose my phone, or my iPad, or my laptop, I don't need to worry
> > about my email accounts.
>
> If you lose a device and the device is not properly secured then your
> account is at risk whether it's IMAP or POP. Clearly in the IMAP case
> you are also trusting the server admin to take proper care of your
> stored mail, but you don't have to leave it there if you don't want to
> (see above).

Not if the accounts don't exist on the portable device.  My email goes
to my desktop.  My phone has one IMAP account that doesn't exist on my
desktop.

I have tried using IMAP and frankly see no advantage at all.  I only see
problems.

Bart