[X4U] iCloud

[David Ledger]

At 12:41 -0700 15/3/12, Al Grappone wrote:
>I have
>
>Al Grappone (89) USN Ret  20" iMac OS X 10.5.8  2. 1 GHz ,PPCG5. 
>1GB DDFR2 SDram memory, Mail 3.6,  iTunes9.2 iLife9 Quicken2007 
>16.0.0, Epson Perfection 2450 Photo Scanner, Canon iP5200 Photo 
>Printer,Netgear Wireless-N router
>
>I do not have intel dual core. Cannot upgrade to lion. What will 
>happen when I can no longer use mobil me? My address etc. I have 
>backed up my computer with TM and ext driver.
>
>I have tried to contact apple but will have to pay for tech advice. 
>Have been an apple user since 1984. This is my fifth one. I do not 
>have any trouble with this one.
>
>Have always received help from you. Just want to put my mind at 
>ease. I keep getting email from Apple to upgrade to iCloud.

 From the Mac-L list - answers by Randall Meadows

>>  Can someone give me a summary how this affects email usage?
>
>You can keep your email addresses, and any aliases you defined 
>before they made the announcement (I don't think you can make 
>changes to aliases at this point, but I haven't actually tried).
>
>>  Is Apple turning off pop access to .me? (so I never have to "get 
>>on the cloud" to get mail?
>
>Yes.  However, at some point, you *are* "get[ting] on the cloud" to 
>get your email, albeit temporarily, using POP.  IMAP will be the 
>only way to get your .me/.mac email in the future.  What are your 
>reservations about this?  IMAP does support local, off-line storage 
>(I've ONLY had IMAP accounts for the last decade or so, it's really 
>the only sane way to read email from the same account[s] on 
>different machines/devices).
>
>>  I assume if the above it not true, .mac will still work? (I have 
>>never used the /me suffix)
>
>.mac (and .me) email addresses will remain valid, but you will not 
>be able to go to www.mac.com, as you are used to doing now.

I'm hoping from that that there will be a IMAP server address.

David


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