Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Glad this topic came up. I am contemplating the puchase of a Mac Laptop this weekend in Chicago and I am curiouse of what I need to change with my internet provider if anythng. Especially the e-mail function. This is my first Mac computer and am a bit unsure how the transition will go. gene -------------- Original message from Rei Shinozuka <shino@panix.com>: -------------- > Nice summary, as one would expect from someone to whom we owe so much of > our present day internet. 2 things: > > 1. you can pop and configure to leave mail on the server, I do this for > my sidekick3 and thunderbird, I use mutt as my main reader and do > deletes from mutt only. > 2. I wasn't aware t-bird was an orphaned product. I thought the mozilla > crew had split up the mozilla platform to firefox and thunderbird. So > the mozilla crew has thrown in the towel on email clients? > Thx > -rei > On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 8:35 am, Brian Reid wrote: > > > >>>> Does such a program exist? > >>>> > >>>> If so, what program best fills the bill? > > > > There are two radically different ways that a mail program can operate. > > In the first way, it keeps all of the mail locally on your computer, > > and interacts with the server only for the purpose of getting new mail > > and sending outgoing mail. In the second way, it keeps all of the mail > > on the server, and interacts with the server for everything that it > > does. > > > > If you will be reading your mail from more than one location, or from > > both regular mail and webmail, then you usually benefit from having the > > mail live on the server. (Plus, servers customarily have more reliable > > backups). If searching your mail is a primary concern, or if you want > > to be able to review old mail when you are not online, then you usually > > benefit from having the mail live on your computer. > > > > The usual nicknames for these two modes of operation are POP and IMAP. > > If your mail client is configured to use POP, it will keep the mail > > locally. If it is configured to use IMAP (or Microsoft's MAPI), it will > > keep the mail on the server. > > > > Any given mail program is architected to work best with one of these > > methods and to work adequately with the other. > > > > Apple's Mail program seems to have been designed to work best with IMAP > > -- the "leave the mail on the server" mode. I'm guessing the way you > > asked your question that you are a POP (keep mail locally) user. > > > > I have personal experience with 5 mail programs on the Mac: > > > > Apple's Mail.app > > Eudora > > Mulberry > > Thunderbird > > Entourage (this is a version of Outlook, but for the Mac) > > > > You're already using Mail.app. Eudora is old and unmaintained and there > > will never be a major new release of it again. Mulberry is what I use, > > but it is not for everyone, and it is pretty much useless in POP mode. > > Entourage (from Microsoft) is the most common choice of businesses that > > use Mac OS. Thunderbird is the most common choice of computer geeks, > > but it, too, is now unmaintained and will eventually fade away as > > Eudora has. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -rei > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information