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