[X4U] Can Apple's Mail pick up GMail?

[Christopher Rob JONES]

Linda wrote:
> On 9/30/08 1:21 AM, Christopher Rob JONES wrote:
> 
>> Why not just use IMAP instead of POP if you want your mail accessible
>> from multiple locations. Thats precisely what IMAP is designed for....
> 
> Some people want to keep copies of their mail locally so it can be accessed
> during times when you don't have internet access.

You can also do this with IMAP. Most decent mail clients cache a copy of 
any mail you have read locally. When you are then offline you can still 
read that email. Of course, you cannot read emails you haven't yet 
looked at.

> 
> Some people want to keep copies of their mail locally, forever.

You can still do that with IMAP. It is just you are keeping you mail on 
the IMAP server, instead of in one particular mail client.

> 
> What are the benefits of IMAP?

If you need to read your mail using more than one client, then it is 
*specifically* designed for this. POP is not...

google "imap versus pop" will give you many links explaining the 
differences. e.g.

http://www1.umn.edu/adcs/guides/email/imapvspop.html
http://www.washington.edu/computing/windows/issue13/imap_pop.html

Chris
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