Re: what is the benefit of imap?
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 09:13:34PM +0100, Henrik Enberg wrote:
> 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.
mmm... i use two imap servers, and both are about as fast as a local mail
box most of the time. to me, the speed difference is too small to really
notice or be a bother.
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Joost Kremers, PhD
University of Frankfurt
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