Re: IMAP and POP

From	"J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk>
Newsgroups	uk.telecom.broadband, alt.comp.software.thunderbird
Subject	Re: IMAP and POP
Date	2026-10-02 23:46 +0100
Organization	255 software
Message-ID	<119pc92$2hgn5$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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On 2026/10/2 22:43:6, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>> On 2026/10/2 21:30:3, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>> J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
> 
>>>> 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.
> 
>>> Whether the client keeps folders in sync is supported by the protocol.
>>> It's not a requirement. I don't sync.
> 
>> I'll freely admit I know nearly nothing about IMAP, but if you _don't_
>> sync, what is its advantage?
> 
> I have my message archive folders on one host, with inboxes on a variet
> of different hopes. IMAP allows me to check, save, or delete messages
> between folders on different hosts. POP3 can ceck an inbox only.

OK, so it's a multi-host file (or email) manager. As I only have one
host, it's not for me - I can see it is for some.
-- 
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

"...told me to connect with the electorate, and I did!" John Prescott
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"We'll sent you a code" emails? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-09-29 00:13 +0100
  Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-09-28 19:26 -0400
    Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-09-29 01:48 +0100
      Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-09-29 09:16 +0200
        Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-09-29 09:00 +0100
      Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? Nick Finnigan <nix@genie.co.uk> - 2026-09-29 08:49 +0100
        Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-09-29 09:04 +0100
      Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-09-29 14:00 +0100
        Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-09-29 14:59 +0100
          Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2026-09-29 15:42 +0100
            Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-09-29 17:31 +0100
            Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-01 22:25 +0200
              Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-10-01 22:29 +0100
                Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-10-02 06:57 +0000
                Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-10-02 09:38 +0100
                Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-10-02 09:16 +0000
                Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? nospam@please.invalid (AnthonyL) - 2026-10-02 11:33 +0000
                Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-10-02 11:42 +0000
                Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-10-02 13:20 +0100
                Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-10-02 12:29 +0000
                Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-10-02 16:28 +0100
                Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? "Gary R. Schmidt" <grschmidt@acm.org> - 2026-10-03 00:51 +1000
                Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? David Wade <dave@g4ugm.invalid> - 2026-10-02 18:11 +0200
                IMAP and POP (was: Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails?) "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-10-02 17:54 +0100
                Re: IMAP and POP (was: Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails?) "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-10-02 17:45 +0000
                Re: IMAP and POP "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-10-02 21:08 +0100
                Re: IMAP and POP "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-10-02 20:30 +0000
                Re: IMAP and POP "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-10-02 21:52 +0100
                Re: IMAP and POP "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-10-02 21:43 +0000
                Re: IMAP and POP "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-10-02 23:46 +0100
                Re: IMAP and POP "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-10-03 05:32 +0000
                Re: IMAP and POP Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-10-03 12:12 +0100
                Re: IMAP and POP "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-10-03 18:29 +0000
                Re: IMAP and POP "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-04 13:56 +0200
                Re: IMAP and POP "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-10-04 16:02 +0000
                Re: IMAP and POP "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-10-04 17:14 +0100
                Re: IMAP and POP "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-10-04 16:46 +0000
                Re: IMAP and POP "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-10-04 17:10 +0000
                Re: IMAP and POP "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-10-04 23:32 +0100
                Re: IMAP and POP "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-05 15:51 +0200
                Re: IMAP and POP "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-10-05 16:30 +0100
                Re: IMAP and POP "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-10-05 16:27 +0000
                Re: IMAP and POP "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-10-05 16:54 +0000
                Re: IMAP and POP "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-04 20:38 +0200
                Re: IMAP and POP "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-02 22:13 +0200
                Re: IMAP and POP "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-10-02 21:17 +0100
                Re: IMAP and POP "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-02 22:34 +0200
                Re: IMAP and POP "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-10-02 20:38 +0000
                Re: IMAP and POP (was: Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails?) Peter Johnson <peter@parksidewood.nospam> - 2026-10-03 17:19 +0100
                Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? nospam@please.invalid (AnthonyL) - 2026-10-05 12:51 +0000
                Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-02 22:04 +0200
              Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? nospam@please.invalid (AnthonyL) - 2026-10-02 11:36 +0000
                Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-10-02 13:30 +0100
                Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? nospam@please.invalid (AnthonyL) - 2026-10-05 12:53 +0000
                Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-10-05 16:41 +0100
  Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? "David E. Ross" <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2026-09-28 22:09 -0700
  Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-09-29 09:13 +0100
    Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-09-29 09:31 +0100
  Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? Nick Finnigan <nix@genie.co.uk> - 2026-09-29 09:24 +0100
  Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2026-09-29 11:31 +0200
  Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-02 16:25 -0700

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