[KLUG Members] pop3 and/or imap4

[rels]

Adam Bultman <adamb@glaven.org> wrote this sometime on Wednesday, June
18, 2002:


> > kevin@kevindegraaf.net (Kevin DeGraaf) writes:
> >
> > > POP3 has been superseded by IMAP4.
> >
> > I hadn't heard that...
> >
> I feel the same way, actually.  However, for many places (ISPs, etc)
Pop3
> is used because it saves on disk space.
>

I "heard" somewhere many of the larger ISPs are being "encouraged" to
move to IMAP4 AQAP (As Quickly As Possible) as a result of recent
"urgings" by certain security measures implemented by you-know-who.
So, first the larger ISPs, ultimately probably the smaller ISPs.  For
some, it will be a costly situation to add all that storage
capability.

>
> > > I'd recommend against the use of POP3.
> >
> > Why?
>
> .... It's nice to have all your email in one place,
> centrally available from anywhere (other clients, webmail) and that
is
> easily backed up once and for all.  ...

Yes, it is nice to have all those emails in one place and readily
available on ISPs' hard disk drives.  Makes it easier on those
aforementioned security org's that wish to cull ... aaah, search for
certain information.

No, this is not a conspiracy theory ...