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Neil Williams wrote: > The difference is speed - or apparent speed - of getting new email. If > you connect directly to the IMAP server at an ISP or webhost > (e.g. UKFSN) then you will get notification of new email immediately > that the email client connects. If you bring the mail into the intranet > then some form of polling is usually required and that introduces a > time delay. This means that even if the user connects to the local > mailbox repeatedly during a specific period, if the polling has not > happened, new email will not show up even if it exists at the external > mailbox. Eh? So if you run an IMAP server internally, it doesn't work the same way as an IMAP server hosted elsewhere? James -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html