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Re: what is the benefit of imap?



Hi,

* Chris G wrote:

On
the other hand if you *don't* need to access mail from anywhere then
IMAP is slower than other ways of doing it and doesn't add any other
particular advantages.

Depends. Most people using IMAP use it through IMAP providers which
"guarantee" you 24/7 availability. You mostly have professional admins
who do the work for you and ensure you have access to mail. With local
management, that would be your job. For example, your harddisk with the
mail spool dies and all mail is gone. That is rather unlikely to happen
with say gmail.

Rocco