Re: IMAP Server

From	BreadWithSpam@fractious.net
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject	Re: IMAP Server
Date	2011-04-05 20:29 -0400
Organization	dyslexic agnostics unsure about a dog
Message-ID	<yobaag4p6h5.fsf@panix1.panix.com> (permalink)
References	<2011040219224916807-me@foonet>

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John Holt <me@foo.net> writes:

> My ISP provides POP mail service, but not IMAP mail service.  An
> obvious solution would be to change my ISP to one the provides IMAP,
> but I want to explore alternatives.

Running your own IMAP server is way overkill for your situation.

The easy solution - without changing ISPs - is to get your
mail service from some third party mail service provider 
rather than your ISP.

I use Fastmail and highly recommend them - well worth the little
bit I pay them.

You could use GMail for free.

Or any of a dozen other IMAP providers.

As a general rule, getting your e-mail service through your
connectivity provider isn't a great idea.  There are possibly
some exceptions, but one has nothing to do with the other,
really, so there's no reason for them to both be the same
place.

-- 
Plain Bread alone for e-mail, thanks.  The rest gets trashed.

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