Re: what is the benefit of imap?

[Henrik Enberg <enberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jan-Herbert Damm <jan-h-damm@xxxxxx> writes:
> 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.

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.

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