At 02 Apr 2008 06:59:44 -0700 Tinman wrote:

> As an FYI Gmail does IMAP now. I use it to poll and converge all of my
POP3
> accounts, placing them into proper categories.


Yeah, I Changed my GMail setup from POP to IMAP on my phone a few months ago.
Retrieval with POP was a little faster, but the ability to manipulate the
folders is an advantage that makes IMAP worth the slight speed hit.

Many e-mail providers support both POP and IMAP retrieval, and since IMAP
is far more suitable for multi-device access to e-mail, there are very few
reasons to stick with POP unless, perhaps, you're still on dialup, and
POP's quicker retrieval speed is an issue.