Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: uk.telecom.broadband,alt.comp.software.thunderbird Subject: Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2026 22:04:52 +0200 Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <119esa3$2ps47$1@dont-email.me> <119et2h$2q3je$1@dont-email.me> <119f1sp$2rffp$1@dont-email.me> <119gg86$3b9ui$1@dont-email.me> <119mjbc$1iimv$1@dont-email.me> <119nspp$1v3t0$1@dont-email.me> <6abf964f.15455343@news.eternal-september.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net KnnfUVxKjYWiPhFPFPPGkALFI5JM0TCfVbkFLyGI7O+bChTxiD Cancel-Lock: sha1:bSn57qUMTMEKhJRu3CPrMlgYA/w= sha256:Sxm2RU/qlft5D2UvBS0cJjF3oY4iVRQ5sE5vyOPBhpo= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <6abf964f.15455343@news.eternal-september.org> Xref: csiph.com uk.telecom.broadband:57896 alt.comp.software.thunderbird:22167 On 2026-10-02 13:33, AnthonyL wrote: > On Fri, 2 Oct 2026 09:16:42 -0000 (UTC), Tweed > wrote: > >> Andy Burns wrote: >>> "J. P. Gilliver" wrote: >>> >>>> I find IMAP evangelists rather wearing (like the wore kinds of Linux, >>>> Mac etc. evangelists; enthusiasts are fine, evangelists less so). >>> >>> I don't see much reason to use POP over IMAP? >>> >> >> POP makes less demand on the connection, so in constrained circumstances it >> can be helpful. But it’s been a long time since the average user has been >> on a slow dial up link. For me the big advantage of IMAP, with a properly >> designed mail client, is that outbound email is synchronised across >> devices, which doesn’t happen with POP. So my sent items mail folder is the >> same on, for example, my phone and my laptop. >> > > The big advantage of POP is that the mail is on my computer and not in > the cloud. There is stuff that I don't need access to on-the-road. You can do the same with IMAP. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺.