From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 23 18:44:11 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B275A16A4CF for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2004 18:44:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from spock.ste-land.com (spock.ste-land.com [64.32.179.40]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 812F743D2D for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2004 18:44:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ste@ste-land.com) Received: from ste-land.com (bgp377940bgs.plnfld01.nj.comcast.net [68.36.5.198]) by spock.ste-land.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF06C2D24C for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2004 21:44:10 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <403ABA79.7070207@ste-land.com> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 21:44:09 -0500 From: "Shaun T. Erickson" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030507 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20040224003846.GB25902@teddy.fas.com> <20040224010221.GA70587@keyslapper.org> <20040224012915.GA27408@teddy.fas.com> <20040224022809.GB70587@keyslapper.org> In-Reply-To: <20040224022809.GB70587@keyslapper.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: imap question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 02:44:11 -0000 Louis LeBlanc wrote: > >>Might as well use POP, correct? > > > Yes and no. POP is fine if you only ever check mail from one system. > Otherwise, imap is more appropriate. Security is a separate issue > altogether when you look at it this way. Well, you also have to take into consideration where you want your email stored. If you want it on the server, use IMAP, if you want it on your local system (where it's more likely to get blown away), use POP. -ste