Ron Johnson wrote:
But that's what IMAP is for. POP is specifically designed as a temporary holding area (like a Post Office Box).There are some way to read the mails from POP3 account without download...maybe a gateway to IMAP...some idea?Who goes to the Post Office, reads their mail and then puts it back in the PO Box? POP is aptly named.
Actually, I've been known to :-) [most of my mail goes to a PO Box - usually I make a trip to pick it up, but there are times where I'll be walking by the post office, take a quick look for anything important, and leave the bulk of stuff to deal with at another time]
re. electronic mail: I'm all IMAP now, but if you're stuck with a POP only account, it's fairly common to read mail from multiple machines (say a laptop, smartphone, and desktop), but want to download and retain it on only one machine (e.g., one's desktop)
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