[Wolves] Is IMAP better than POP?

[Chris Fox]

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Chris Maggs wrote:
> It is possible to telnet to the POP server and view headers only and
> delete any unwanted (or huge!) emails before downloading them;
> although I assume this method would be a bit to much of an overkill
> for most users.
> 
> Incidentally, I used to work for NTL (now VirginMedia) broadband
> support in Swansea and although our mail servers were POP based the
> majority of users used the webmail front end rather than Outlook
> Express or Entourage (we didn't support Linux!) for two reasons.  The
> first was that they could get their mail from anywhere they wanted so
> long as they had an internet connection. The second was as we only had
> 9 minutes and 41 seconds to "get them off the phone" (official
> terminology!) it was far easier to point them towards the webmail page
> that try and setup their mail client.  This obviously resulted in
> overfilled mail servers which crashed and died at regular intervals -
> and still do from what I've been told!

Stories like this are what make me so glad I pay (only a little bit, 69p
a month) for a hosted mail server rather than use my ISP :D

Of course, Gmail now supports IMAP as well as POP so there's even a
choice for free users.

Chris
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