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| From | "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | uk.telecom.broadband, alt.comp.software.thunderbird |
| Subject | Re: IMAP and POP |
| Date | 2026-10-02 21:08 +0100 |
| Organization | 255 software |
| Message-ID | <119p30s$2eah2$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <119esa3$2ps47$1@dont-email.me> <31t4pm-hul.ln1@paranoia.mcleod-schmidt.id.au> <119ol32$28n93$1@dont-email.me> <119onjv$29phq$1@dont-email.me> <119oqkj$2al8t$1@dont-email.me> |
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On 2026/10/2 18:45:56, Adam H. Kerman wrote: > J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote: > >> I think there are certain parallels between IMAP and things like >> OneDrive; some of us are uneasy about both, and don't really want to say >> why :-) > > I use Windows because there are a few business-critical programs that > don't have a Linux alternative. I use Linux where it's the better > option. > > That being said, there is no analogy. OneDriive will happily delete I meant in the way they work. AIUI (I've never actually used IMAP), if you create a folder one one device, it gets created on the remote one and all others involved with that account - and something similar for files and folders. > files at your storage capacity; the user is not being protected. All > Microsoft account-based service force themselves on the user. > Installation tries to force accounr set up. An update changes settings > back to default, back to account-based services. > > Under no circumstances am I forced to use IMAP and I've never had > settings changed with an update. > > I'll bite: What dis-ease is there about IMAP? Note that I don't > syncronize. If I archive a message, it's always forwarded, then stored, > deleting it from the inbox. If I don't want to archive a message, I > delete it from the inbox. I like IMAP because the inbox can be on one > host and the archive folder on another. I have never operated email on more than one device at once, so the main advantage of IMAP passes me by; the secondary one of extra backup, I do appreciate would be a boon. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
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