Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!backlog3.nntp.dca3.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!ottix-news.ottix.net!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!MIX!Blackbird From: billy@MIX.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: POP3 vs. IMAP Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 13:55:44 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <1lkuvlk.we7paplh2d4N%befr@eaglesoft.de> <5362d122$0$44783$862e30e2@ngroups.net> <1lkzc6u.1e2vwwswehd0N%nmassello@yahoo.com> <5363472a$0$50666$c3e8da3$92d0a893@news.astraweb.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix5.panix.com X-Trace: reader2.panix.com 1399038944 15430 166.84.1.5 (2 May 2014 13:55:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 13:55:44 +0000 (UTC) X-Original-Bytes: 2167 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:59082 JF Mezei writes, quoting Jolly Roger: > > Only for those who bullheadedly stick with POP when IMAP is available. > > for the rest of us, it's a time-saving feature, because if IMAP is > > supported by the server, we would naturally rather use IMAP than POP. > > I use IMAP. However, I still feel the option to choose POP or IMAP > should be easy to access without requiring sneaky tricks. The thing here is, some people (well, at least me, and I doubt I'm the only one) would like to look over a user agent's configuration options without having to enter a bogus username and password first, and then waiting for the authentication to time out and fail. Not to mention some versions of Apple's Mail require more of a hack than just that. Regarding another question downstream in this thread, I'm sure Apple wants it all to "just work," but they've carried this a bit too far. Billy Y.. -- sub #'9+1 ,r0 ; convert ascii byte add #9.+1 ,r0 ; to an integer bcc 20$ ; not a number