[imp] Downloading messages and folders into my PC

[Patrick Boutilier]

"without the need to transfer messages or files back and forth between 
these computers"

Without the need, doesn't mean you can't transfer messages locally. You 
can always save messages locally using IMP as well.


Jeremy Oddo wrote:
>>>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.
>>
> 
>>From "The IMAP Connection" (http://www.imap.org/about/whatisIMAP.html):
> "IMAP stands for Internet Message Access Protocol. It is a method of
> accessing electronic mail or bulletin board messages that are kept on a
> (possibly shared) mail server. In other words, it permits a "client" email
> program to access remote message stores as if they were local. For
> example, email stored on an IMAP server can be manipulated from a desktop
> computer at home, a workstation at the office, and a notebook computer
> while traveling, without the need to transfer messages or files back and
> forth between these computers."
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