Originally Posted by
cblaisd
That's a bit presumptuous.
Sometimes "dated" is better, depending on one's needs.
I meant no offense. It was a sincere question based off on your stated preference for older more-limited technology without explaining the logic behind it.
Originally Posted by
cblaisd
I do use IMAP (and yes, I understand it, thank you) on my iPhone where I check the account for my main work/personal email and delete the spam and unnecessary emails there before downloading the remainder to my pop3 client.
My emails in that client are backed up daily three different ways, two to cloud services and one to a local NAS drive.
I appreciate the security of having my emails on my local machine, not just in the cloud.
Again, why go to the extra effort to delete unnecessary emails via one email client before downloading them to another? With IMAP you can delete them one time from any client device you choose. IMAP also creates a local email cache on all clients, including user-created folders, that serves a backup for email stored on the server. IMAP email can also be archived and backed up to local or cloud storage just like any other files.
My original question remains: What can you do with POP that you can't do with IMAP? I'm honestly trying to understand why you perceive POP to be a better solution. You obviously feel strongly about defending your use of it.