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Old 04-07-2010, 02:45 PM  
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Originally Posted by BestXXXPorn View Post
I use IMAP exclusively... the main benefit is having all your mail indefinitely stored on the server... not that you can't tell pop3 clients to leave a copy on the server... but what if you forget one time? Additionally it doesn't store what's "new" in pop3 (I don't believe) so everything is new the first time you add an additional client...
This is basically it in a nutshell. Folders, Subscriptions, all Server-Side. Makes mobility much easier.. and with tools like imapsync, you can easily copy everything over into another server or gmail.
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