Why imap is bad

Anyone else having trouble using IMAP to access their mail? It's horrendously slow, timing out all the time. What's going on? This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.

I have the same question 8. Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Same here. I just wish Microsoft never did any updates. Seems like once they did, everything has gone wrong and I do mean everything. How satisfied are you with this reply?

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In reply to Jenicel Dri's post on April 1, The most recent error, which happened just now was: The server did not respond to this IMAP command before the connection was terminated. Configuration: Account: 1. Hotmail xxxxxx Server: imap-mail. In reply to Bill Kearney's post on April 1, Since it is possible to download only the email headers with IMAP, it's much quicker.

Additionally, any offline changes that are made to email are transmitted to the remote server once an Internet connection is re-established.

Essentially, IMAP allows the user to archive their email on their computer or device while having a backup stored on the remote server. Additionally, business users, especially those in professions that demand confidentiality, prefer to use IMAP since it allows for the added security email encryption affords.

POP should have been dead a long time ago, but a lot of people still use it because they don't know how to switch to IMAP. It's actually quite easy and usually takes less than 10 minutes, but you have to know how. We made this site just for you. On the next page, you'll see a table showing instructions specific to A the email service and B the client you use. Follow these steps and you'll be all set in a few minutes! Make sure to back up your hard drive before switching to IMAP, in case something goes wrong.

How to email in the 21st century. Here's why it's bad: You have to delete or file the same email on every device Logging into each device, you will see lots of unread emails with no indication of which you deleted, read, flagged or filed Any folders you created and organize on one device won't be replicated on the other devices IMAP allows users to store their email on remote servers.

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