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Not necessarily. When you use IMAP instead of POP, the mail downloads so you
can look at it on your computer, but the decision to store messages on your
own computer is entirely up to you. Email is stored on the server unless you
explicitly remove/purge it, and so it does not "take up precious hard-drive
space". Outlook, Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail, and Outlook Express are
all mail clients that can do IMAP... to name just a few.


Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Gordon" wrote in message
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"jaws" wrote in message
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WHY would I want my mail to download on my
computer, take up precious hard-drive space,

Err ALL email clients "download" email to the HDD.........what makes you
think they don't? (And BTW, accessing email through a web browser is NOT
using an email client...)

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message
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Not necessarily. When you use IMAP instead of POP, the mail downloads so
you can look at it on your computer, but the decision to store messages on
your own computer is entirely up to you.

IMAP accounts in Outlook use a pst file - so the difference between
"storing" and "viewing" is rather academic don't you think?

What is exactly the definition of "mail client"?
I am the "mail client" , or who is, or what is? (please clarify this for
me).
Thanks in advance.




"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message
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Not necessarily. When you use IMAP instead of POP, the mail downloads so
you can look at it on your computer, but the decision to store messages on
your own computer is entirely up to you. Email is stored on the server
unless you explicitly remove/purge it, and so it does not "take up
precious hard-drive space". Outlook, Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail, and
Outlook Express are all mail clients that can do IMAP... to name just a
few.


Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Gordon" wrote in message
...

"jaws" wrote in message
...

WHY would I want my mail to download on my
computer, take up precious hard-drive space,

Err ALL email clients "download" email to the HDD.........what makes you
think they don't? (And BTW, accessing email through a web browser is NOT
using an email client...)

A mail client is the program used to send/receive mail, such as Outlook,
Outlook Express, Thunderbird, etc.

"Octavio" wrote in message
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: What is exactly the definition of "mail client"?
: I am the "mail client" , or who is, or what is? (please clarify this for
: me).
: Thanks in advance.
:
:
:
:
: "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message
: ...
: Not necessarily. When you use IMAP instead of POP, the mail downloads so
: you can look at it on your computer, but the decision to store messages
on
: your own computer is entirely up to you. Email is stored on the server
: unless you explicitly remove/purge it, and so it does not "take up
: precious hard-drive space". Outlook, Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail,
and
: Outlook Express are all mail clients that can do IMAP... to name just a
: few.
:
:
: Herb Tyson MS MVP
: Author of the Word 2007 Bible
: Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
: Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
:
:
: "Gordon" wrote in message
: ...
:
: "jaws" wrote in message
: ...
:
: WHY would I want my mail to download on my
: computer, take up precious hard-drive space,
:
: Err ALL email clients "download" email to the HDD.........what makes
you
: think they don't? (And BTW, accessing email through a web browser is
NOT
: using an email client...)
:
:

The .pst for my POP account is over 2GB. The one for my IMAP account is
265K. You might call that academic, I call it a substantial difference. The
structure is there so you can read and manage email that resides on the
server.


Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Gordon" wrote in message
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IMAP accounts in Outlook use a pst file - so the difference between
"storing" and "viewing" is rather academic don't you think?

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message
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The .pst for my POP account is over 2GB. The one for my IMAP account is
265K. You might call that academic, I call it a substantial difference.
The structure is there so you can read and manage email that resides on
the server.


Did you count the OST file as well?

An .ost file is an offline storage file where you CAN (but don't have to)
store messages offline when working with an Exchange Server. I don't use
Exchange, hence, I have no .ost file(s).

Note that IMAP is similar in some ways to Exchange, but it is not the same.

I have two .pst files currently in use. One is where POP delivery occurs (if
I have POP accounts) and also where local item storage occurs.

The second is the structure used for IMAP. Mail is not stored locally (i.e.,
on my computer) in this second .pst file.

When I receive an email on the IMAP server, it shows up in my IMAP .pst
file. If I want to be able to see that message offline, I would need to copy
it to a local folder. When I'm disconnected from the internet, nothing shows
up in my IMAP .pst file.

It is entirely possible to use IMAP and keep email exclusively on the
server, with minimal local overhead in terms of disk space used.

It's also possible to use POP and IMAP in parallel--this can be useful if
you retrieve email using multiple computers (e.g., a laptop and a desktop),
and want to use IMAP access to manage what's on the server, rather than as a
way to read email.

But, this has nothing to so with Word, so I'm not sure why it's here. In any
case, for more detailed information about these intriguing topics, you might
try one of the Outlook, Windows Mail, or Exchange newsgroups.

--

Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Gordon" wrote in message
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"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message
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The .pst for my POP account is over 2GB. The one for my IMAP account is
265K. You might call that academic, I call it a substantial difference.
The structure is there so you can read and manage email that resides on
the server.


Did you count the OST file as well?