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 Originally Posted by heberman
Although you can't push POP3, can an email provider such as Fastmail allow IMAP, and at the same time allow a POP desktop client pull the same messages sitting in the IMAP folders?
POP and IMAP are two completely different protocols. If the desktop client only understands POP, then it can't talk to an IMAP mailbox. If you are using a client such as Outlook (which understands both protocols), then you can simply access the IMAP account directly from the desktop just as you do from your Treo.
I can have my Treo (using Chatter) access my IMAP mailbox while simultaneously looking at the same mail from my desktop (using Outlook)...assuming that the e-mail provider allows you to be logged in from multiple locations (which most do). If I have unread messages, when I read or reply to a message, the message is then marked as such on BOTH my desktop AND in Chatter on my Treo.
With POP, if I pull down the mail (with a desktop client), I can't then turn around and access the same mail from my Treo (unless I use the option to leave the mail on the server). But using that option still doesn't let me mark messages as READ or REPLY, and if I delete a message on my Treo, it wouldn't be deleted on the desktop and vice-versa.
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