Re: [TCLUG:14946] IMAP vs POP

[Bob Tanner <tanner@real-time.com>]

Quoting Andrew S. Zbikowski (andyzib@ringworld.org):
> IMAP in an office situation would be so perferable. No lost e-mail,
> server side sorting, etc. 
> 
> FOr an ISP, pop still makes sence...do you really want to have 5000+
> users keeping their e-mail on your server? 
> 

Very good point. Even with disk being as cheap as it is, having to backup
5000+ mail boxes would be a chore and I can hear the complaints if something
bad happened to their mail.

BUT

Having to weigh that against the home, work, laptop mail thing.

Thanks for the input.
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