I switched to IMAP about a year ago and have not noticed any difference with how it handles attachments compared to my previous POP account. Wendy On 07 Oct 2008, at 05:24, Linda wrote: >>> . I'm told it's cumbersome to deal with attachments -- and I do that >>> every day, many times a day. >> >> False. Dealing with attachments is easy. > > Reading up the thread, not everyone agrees that this is easy.