I've always used POP and its fairly predictable and reliable. Recently I converted some of my POP accounts to IMAP. Its been a bizarre experience. Mail comes down automatically instantly (as it should) then it just stops. Then I get cryptic error symbols so I download manually and it comes down fine. Its illogical and aggravating.
Wondering if IMAP just isn't ready for prime time. I'm using Operamail which, on some accounts, seems to work great, which leads me to suspect its the providers that are acting flakey.
IMAP promises that a message pushes to your email program within a few seconds of it being sent. So you don't have to waste bandwith with POP servers inquiring every 5 minutes if you have any new email. That's the premise as I understand it at least. And it sounds perfect. Did I misunderstand something?
Wondering if IMAP just isn't ready for prime time. I'm using Operamail which, on some accounts, seems to work great, which leads me to suspect its the providers that are acting flakey.
IMAP promises that a message pushes to your email program within a few seconds of it being sent. So you don't have to waste bandwith with POP servers inquiring every 5 minutes if you have any new email. That's the premise as I understand it at least. And it sounds perfect. Did I misunderstand something?