[imp] Downloading messages and folders into my PC

Joseph Brennan brennan at columbia.edu
Fri Jun 13 08:29:17 PDT 2003


> Actually, IMAP doesn't download mail.  IMAP allows you to have complex
> folder setups stored on a remote server.  If you want to download your
> mail, you'll need to POP it.

That's not true.  You wouldn't be able to see the mail if it wasn't
downloaded at least to memory :-).  Any imap client that runs on a
PC can copy messages and whole mail folders to local disk.  Usually
drag and drop.

Joe Brennan




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