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October 24, 2006
PC World - Internet Tips: Drop POP E-Mail for the Freedom of IMAP Servers
This month's PC World has a great tip: Drop POP E-Mail for the Freedom of IMAP Servers . For those of you still using webmail or POP for your email, take a look at this article and give IMAP a go - you'll get access to all of your mail messages and folders from home, work, your mobile phone, and when offline! If you have any questions, please add a comment below, and I'll do my best to help.
Posted by Jeremy at October 24, 2006 12:50 PM
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I certainly agree with you there about the wonders of IMAP... but if only the nifty mail features in Outlook actually worked with IMAP, I would love it even more.
I was waiting for the Fastmail.fm plug that Charles has been wont to give from time to time when talking about e-mail, but it didn't come. How very humble of you, Jeremy! I might just give the plug myself then: your e-mail service is brilliant. I spent a month at guest level, some years at member, and now I have a full account. Despite some service issues occasionally, this is good stuff worth paying for. Thank you Charles for your initial column in the Green Guide, that got me curious about it, too.
Posted by: WHGB at October 24, 2006 01:22 PM
Thanks for your very kind words.
As for Outlook: its IMAP support is extremely poor. However, Mozilla Thunderbird's IMAP support is excellent - I strongly suggest using it where possible. Also, Outlook Express has better IMAP support than Outlook - it's still not really adequate, but it's certainly an improvement.
The PC World article referenced also recommends the new pre-release version of Evolution for Windows. I haven't tried it yet - if anyone has, please let us know how you go!
On mobile phones Chatter is really brilliant, but is only available on PalmOS. For Windows Mobile, FlexMail 2007 is starting to come good - try the beta versions on their forum.
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at October 24, 2006 01:28 PM
I've found that ISPs – Optus, Iinetdon't want me to use IMAP which is a real pain. They actively discourage it.
Posted by: Ed at October 24, 2006 03:14 PM
Really Ed? That's disappointing - I haven't heard of that before. What do they say?
Posted by: Jeremy Howard at October 24, 2006 03:16 PM
I also read an article about IMAP and FastMail in the Green Guide some years ago, signed up, and never looked back. I now have several family members also paying for the full or enhanced accounts. Despite the interface not being the prettiest, it is more powerful than Gmail and well worth paying for. And if you have a Treo, get the Chatter software that Jeremy mentions, and FastMail will 'push' your email to your phone, just like a Blackberry.
I could never go back to POP. I have my POP work email forward to Fastmail.fm so i can have one mailbox for all my mail.
@WHGB, I agree that Outlook is not IMAP friendly. All the more reason to move to Thunderbird.
Posted by: Jeff at October 24, 2006 04:11 PM