Re: what is the benefit of imap?
* Henrik Enberg <enberg@xxxxxxxxx> [03-18-09 16:18]:
>
> Well, It's quite useful if you wish to access your mail on many
> different computers and mobile devices. In fact, fast flatrate
> connectivity probably increases the usefulness of something like IMAP.
>
> The main drawback, and the mainreason I don't use it directly is that
> unless you run a local server with the low latency that gives you,
> it's just too slow. 1 second to display an email is more noticeable
> than you'd think before you try it.
>
I agree. I perfer to ssh into my home machine and access my email.
With a flash drive and putty I have access from nearly any windoz
machine and almost all linux boxes have ssh, so my email is available
from nearly anywhere.
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