edgeBox, IMAP protocol – user’s advantage
May 7th, 2010
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IMAP is one of those rare and old beauties, a few have used at least among my peers. IMAP is in an alternative to POP3 protocol commonly used to retrieve messages from the server to an email client application like Outlook, Thunderbird, Evolution and others.
I won’t go here over the details but just outline some of its advantages on the user’s perspective
- messages stay on the Server
- mail boxes can be accessed by several users simultaneously
- flags like read, replied, important, etc stay on the Server
- easy to backup from just one location on the Server
- client program and local information problems are irrelevant
- download just header and when read, save a local copy
- using mix format instead of mbox/maildir makes index and storage optimum
- files size is optimal for easy search and backup — no more huge PST files
When I learned all this, I only regret it wasn’t long before, Read more…