Re: [Evolution] Evolution and gmail

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Tue, 2022-08-16 at 14:18 +0200, Jaroslaw Rafa via evolution-list
wrote:
> Dnia 16.08.2022 o godz. 13:14:04 Patrick O'Callaghan pisze:
> > > Yes, I would concede that. I occasionally do that as it's a way
> > > of
> > > fetching mail *into* my Gmail account from another account.
> > > However
> > > that's a special case.
> >
> > Just to add that this isn't an actual advantage of POP in itself.
> > It's
> > a "necessary evil" because Gmail doesn't support fetching via IMAP
> > from
> > a different service.
>
> Technically yes, but it's a common default for POP to delete mail
> from server
> after fetching, while it's common default for IMAP to keep mail on
> the
> server (otherwise local and server mailbox wouldn't be in sync, which
> will
> cause trouble for a typical mail client), therefore POP seems better
> suited
> to that kind of operation than IMAP.

Agreed.

poc