Mail User Protocols 101
It looks like some do not understand the difference between imap and pop3.
In a very basic nutshell ... pop3 transfers the mail from one central
server to whatever PC is requesting it with options to leave a copy on
that central server. This can be bad in some environments. If you have a
computer on your desk, one in the lab, and a laptop that you use to
connect to the company or school network from home, you will now have some
of your email sprinkled over three different systems with each one having
a different idea of what is read and what is new.
Enter IMAP.
IMAP keeps all of your email in one central place ... usually subdirectory
of your home directory. Now, if you use an IMAP client from anywhere in
the world to view your mail, you are looking at the mail that is in that
central location. You can cache a local copy if you want but you must
explicitly delete mail to remove it from your mail folder. If you read a
letter from your desktop PC, it will show up as having been read when you
go onto your lab PC or home PC.
BTW, Sun has a free (as in beer) IMAP client for Windows and Solaris. Go
to their website and search for Roam.
George Bonser
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