[TAG] IMAP4 vs POP3

[Martin J Hooper]

Mike Orr wrote:
> On 11/21/05, Martin J Hooper <martinjh at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>>I'm just curious as to what the difference between IMAP4 and POP3 mail is.
> 
> 
> Before POP and IMAP, the mail reader had to run on the server
> containing the mail.  Either the user's workstation was the server
> (bad if it broke or the user moved), or the user telnetted to the
> server and ran a text program (bad if you like graphical programs;
> difficult to attach files), or ran a remote graphical program on the
> server (good for X-windows; bad for Windws/Macintosh).  Or you could
> NFS-mount your mailbox (notoriously unreliable; easy to lose mail if
> two programs use different locking strategies or have substandard
> locking code).
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Thanks Mike - Another quick question..  Can you filter messages on IMAP?

I am on quite a few mailing lists and it would be handy to do... ;)