IMAP vs Pop3

[Ow Mun Heng]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Kiem [mailto:zordah at zordah.net]
> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 9:47 AM
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Subject: RE: IMAP vs Pop3
> 
> 
> So you are using Outlook  to retrieve your email from your 
> Linux box via POP3 for reading?

Yes.. You are right..

> 
> 
> At work I use Outlook as a mail client (YUCK!) and use IMAP 
YEs me too..


> The IMAP works well but there are a couple of places where I 
> see delays. 
> It behaves a bit like reading NNTP news.
> - You get one delay when you first look into the mail folder 
> while Outlook
> downloads all the mail headers
> - You get another delay when you select an email to be read.

Can you do select, drag and drop ?? eg.. as in an IMAP specific 
folder in Outlook containing all the mails in the Linux Server?

Delete what I don't want. Select what I want, drag and drop to 
my outlook folder in my Desktop HD??


 
 
> POP3 will always download all emails regardless so perhaps 
> that is why you are finding it slow?

I want all the emails DLed. I just find it to be slow.. 
as mentioned.. 100+ emails take like 1+hours to DL to 
the Desktop.

so.. is IMAP the solution??