Re: [Evolution] How to easily archive imap email

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Fri, 2015-12-04 at 02:59 +0100, Ángel González wrote:
> POP won't allow him to download the files he has already moved to
> server folders, but it's the easiest solution for any future mail he
> receives IMHO.

I disagree. Setting up IMAP isn't much harder than setting up POP and
brings significant benefits, including not downloading large messages
until they need to be read.

> Not everyone needs to access his mail from multiple devices. :-)

That's less and less true as time goes by. Most people now have smart
phones and use them to read mail. Using POP is a recipe for pain, if
not now then in the future. There is nothing POP does that IMAP doesn't
also do, whereas the reverse is not true.

That said, each to his own. All we can do is offer advice based on
experience.

poc