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On 10/03/2011 09:21, Gordon Henderson wrote: > While I don't use it myself, (I ssh into the server and run alpine), my > wife uses squirrelmail while at work, her HTC Desire when out and about > and Thunderbird on her Win XP PC at home, and on her (Debian) laptop and > seems to have no issues with any of them accessing her personal email > account. > > The biggest issues I have with a few clients on an older platform (it > runs uw-imap and qpopper) is that they access their email with their > iBrambles via imap and their desktop using POP which results in mailbox > corruption. POP should be outlawed, but some people have this mentality > that their email *must* be downloaded to their personal PC... Then they > wonder why they can't see it elsewhere )-: Interesting. I run Thunderbird on all platforms (Linux, MS various from XP to Win 7, no Mac systems) under POP, with settings all set to 'leave email on server permanently'. (I.e. available by web mail if necessary from any location) This allows local download of all email to local hard discs and local archive off mail system. (I.e backed up to a document file included in backups. Contractual signed stuff, design data safety related, (faults in design could cause big damage and loss of life), and NDAs are also recorded on paper at two locations.) Reason. I must maintain a copy 'under my permanent control' of all financial or contractual matters for subsequent investigation if necessary, within a 15 years time scale for most data, but 40 years for one type of specific record under UK law, by a number of different UK and umpteen foreign government agencies. Courts do not allow non access as a reason for not having a record. The cloud or IMAP can fail - server company go bust, or cease provision* and then data is inaccessible. Much to be said for hard copies available within the jurisdiction. Lack of such 'local permanent record under my control' could include a spell in prison of many times my life span and utter financial ruin ! . I sometimes ponder how they would divide my body between the jurisdictions. * Example: Recent stopping of service by Sky of a subsidiary email system lost many people their emails. I had some correspondence on this from folk who lost their email address and history content. -- Regards Eion MacDonald -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq