[GTALUG] POP3 vs IMAP

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Sat, 8 Jun 2019, Loui Chang via talk wrote:

> On Sat 08 Jun 2019 12:20 -0400, Stephen via talk wrote:
>> IMAP
>> Allows multiple devices to access you emails
>> Keeps messages on server
>
> IMAP also allows to preserve some kind of folder structure on the server and
> synch (upload/download) those folders bi-laterally between client and server
> including Sent Mail and Drafts.
>
> POP is download only.

    But, once it's downloaded, you can do anything you like with it.

    I keep parallel mbox and (modified) maildir hierarchies.

    I use mbox with alpine, and maildir for processing individual messages and (theoretically) statistical analysis.