Ensure you shut off your Mail client on your G5, leave your iBook on IMAP, that way when you get back from France, you can download all your mail to your tower. Or.. do whatever you want. J On Mar 23, 2006, at 10:07 AM, Pat wrote: > I notice that on my iBook it is set to receive IMAP and on my G5 it > receives POP. I'm taking iBook to France for a month and don't > want problems. The Cox account goes out fine from the G5, but > the .mac account is very slow and fails frequently and I have to > try again and again. > > Can anyone clarify this for me and tell me how to best set it up > for my adventure? I have the .mac account to pick up mail from cox > and it comes in from .mac at the present time which is how I want > to keep it. > > Pat > > _______________________________________________ > iBook mailing list > iBook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/ibook > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984