Re: what is the benefit of imap? Another meta-question.
On 2009-03-18_21:01:38, Jan-Herbert Damm wrote:
> Hello,
>
> i have a "meta-question".
>
> imap-issues are being discussed on this list quite frequently. i wonder what
> the benefit of imap generally is?
>
> if you have access to broadband flatrate internet (as many people in
> agglomerations here in germany do) i can't think of the benefit of managing my
> mails on a remote server.
>
> if you consider this question silly or off-topic please give me a hint where i
> could find an answer. thanks.
Another meta-question, where can I find a straight-forward description of
imap, without the enthusiastic pushing? What is it? Not in some narrow sense,
but what is involved in 'being an imap user'? I suspect it is more complicated
than the pusher would have one believe, but ... I don't know. I sense that it
is useful to people who travel. Is that its main feature?
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Paul E Condon
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