[aklug] Re: gci & imap vs pop

Your thinking is correct. Imap leaves the mail on the server. Thunderbird
is managing the messages and folders on the server.
On Jul 14, 2010 8:54 PM, "Greg Madden" <gomadtroll@gci.net> wrote:
> I have been using kmail for ages. I have always just used pop to access
either
> acsalaska or my gci accounts. No google mail stuff please :-)
>
> I am trying out thunderbird, it defaults to imap for receiving mail, and
gci
> accepts this. Kmail access's the same account with pop. Kmail has a 'leave

> message on server' feature which I have used when getting mail while away
> from home, laptop.
>
> This confuses me to no end. My thinking is imap stores email on the server

> and allows managing folders etc.
>
> Do I have messages stored on gci's server when using thunderbird & imap?
Is
> thunderbird actually just downloading the mail from gci ?
> --
> Peace,
>
> Greg
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Received on Wed Jul 14 21:05:17 2010