Re: POP3 was: Re: command not found [SOLVED]
On Friday 18 December 2015 11:26:35 Joe wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Dec 2015 10:32:01 +0000
>
> Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Friday 18 December 2015 09:49:59 Brian wrote:
> > > > > > > > Also, run 'fetchmail --version' for debugging info.
> > >
> > > The guts of my ~/.fetchmailrc are
> > >
> > > poll <POP3 server>
> > > proto pop3
> > > user <Could be bob or bob@example.com>
> > > password <secret>
> > > ssl <May or may not be needed. Depends on the server>
> > >
> > > 'fetchmail -c -v' for testing.
> >
> > Having just by implication been told by someone that only muggles,
> > lusers and/or dinosaurs use POP3, how many others of us will admit to
> > it? (For the avoidance of doubt, I use POP3.)
> >
> > I won't admit to being a muggle or a luser (who, me?), but I am often
> > prepared to admit to being a dinosaur. However, in this case I
> > actually don't agree with the premise. Feel free to tell me that I
> > am deluding myself and that I am indeed a dinosaur in this as well.
> >
> > I just don't, for my use, like a lot of what IMAP does.
>
> POP3 is exactly right to use email on one intermittently-powered
> workstation. It can be pushed beyond that, but only by the user
> manually duplicating what an IMAP system does by itself. Your choice,
> of course.
>
> I use POP3 (over ssl) to download official mail from my designated
> contact address at my ISP, for which purpose it is entirely adequate. I
> use various clients on various computers to access mail for my own
> domains, stored on my own server, for which POP3 is not at all suitable.
I only own one screen on which I can see well enough to administer email -
i.e. large enough. So I administer my email at one location only. That is
one - but only one - of the reasons I choose POP3 for my personal use.
Lisi
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