Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: alt.comp.software.thunderbird Subject: Re: New authorization required for only ONE account Date: Sun, 18 May 2025 11:51:09 +0200 Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <10029e7$2i3a3$1@dont-email.me> <1002tiv$2m75k$1@dont-email.me> <10033nh$2nbmf$1@dont-email.me> <1fhrddrufniar.dlg@v.nguard.lh> <1004159$2vrv1$1@dont-email.me> <1005lvl$3at7s$1@dont-email.me> <1007nu6$3qjpi$1@dont-email.me> <13k8kio7glmk3$.dlg@v.nguard.lh> <100brbt$rale$5@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 1fSsNWux71EEM1SN+15JEg5a9bkdKqFqshjB4+2BWXcaY0PMg9 Cancel-Lock: sha1:b+GW0hFjZhN0rk/CogkseVHrVfw= sha256:ai9Y8w9sOL8CGtyZKR1ipM69VkpmMaid8cWCFnj6PwQ= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-CA, es-ANY In-Reply-To: <100brbt$rale$5@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.software.thunderbird:16697 On 2025-05-18 07:31, The Real Bev wrote: > On 5/17/25 04:28, VanguardLH wrote: >> "Carlos E. R." wrote: >>> On 2025-05-16 18:08, The Real Bev wrote: ... >> Much simpler with IMAP where you can select and drag-n-drop between >> accounts.  With POP everything is stored locally, and account oriented. >> Worse is that Gmail is designed with server-side behaviors that are >> assigned to the client under standard RFCs for e-mail. > The problem with IMAP is that I don't trust google to not go belly up or > decide to charge for email or do something else equivalently > undesirable. The Cloud is a "sometime thing". The multiple-device thing > just isn't personally useful, and even with POP I still have it since I > leave it on their server. With IMAP in TB you can automatically move any email (and new email the instant it arrives) to a local folder on the machine. Or email older than a week, or whatever you want. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R.