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Run a local IMAPd server for extra Mail storage
Having confused at least two people, let me clarify: mzs and rainwadj are right on. The problem with storing mail "on my Mac" is that there's a lot of it and I want to access it from elsewhere. For some time I had an rsync script set up to synchronize my POP mailboxes across computers, but that's a substantial pain. Worse, I'd go through two days' worth of spam while out of the office, then return to the office and find 100+ messages waiting for me -- the same spam, waiting to be re-deleted!!
The point is, whenever I fire up Mail.app, I'm now looking at the same mail. When I file something at home, it's filed when I get to work. In short, it's all of the benefits of IMAP rather than POP, and I can access the entirety of my massive mail archive wherever I go, despite my mail provider's meager limits. (And thanks, mzs, for the benefit of the doubt; truth is, this guy's a desperate mail user! And while necessity is the mother of invention, desperation is the doctor who performs the C-section....)
Run a local IMAPd server for extra Mail storage
Another advantage is that you can switch between different email programs at will without having to import all your old messages.
Run a local IMAPd server for extra Mail storage
And POP can only access one INBOX per account. With IMAP any mailbox can be an INBOX.
Run a local IMAPd server for extra Mail storage
This is ridiculous (with one exception, if you receive 100MB+ of mail in every other day or so, this hint makes sense).
Run a local IMAPd server for extra Mail storage
Because you only have to file things once -- you can file everything directly to the mail archive instead of having to coordinate folders every 30 days; because you can have access to all of your mail, not just the last 30 days' worth (at most; 0 days at least) from wherever you are; because, once it's up and running, it's easy. |
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