IMAP vs Pop3

[Robert O'Connor]

On Dec 18, 2003, at 9:57 PM, Ow Mun Heng wrote:

>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Peter Kiem [mailto:zordah at zordah.net]
>> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 10:37 AM
>> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
>> Subject: RE: IMAP vs Pop3
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>> Can you do select, drag and drop ?? eg.. as in an IMAP specific
>>> folder in Outlook containing all the mails in the Linux Server?
>>
>> Yes I can drag and drop between the Exchange folders and the
>> Linux IMAP
>> folders.  Works both directions.
>
> That's great..
>
>
>>> I want all the emails DLed. I just find it to be slow..
>>
>> Even the ones you don't read?
> Well.. if it's junk.. then yes.. but otherwise, who knows
> I may search through it when I need it??
>
>
>>> as mentioned.. 100+ emails take like 1+hours to DL to
>>> the Desktop.
>>
>> Sounds like more of a link speed issue than a protocol one.
> Anyway I can figure out what's the bottle up??
>
> I tried iptraf/iftop and the connection between desktop
> and server was really slow.
>
>
>
> Okay.. I think I'm convinced enough to give IMAP a shot..

Try various IMAP clients. There can be significant differences in 
implementations.

>
> Thanks and Cheers.
>
>
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