----- Original Message -----
From: Eben King eben01@verizon.net
To: slug@nks.net
Sent: 8/16/07 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Verizon's
> On Thu, 16 Aug 2007, Robin - Bartow FL wrote:
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Eben King eben01@verizon.net
> > To: slug@nks.net
> > Sent: 8/15/07 10:05 PM
> > Subject: Re: [SLUG] Verizon's
> >
> >> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007, Robin - Bartow FL wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I stopped using ISPs for email purposes years ago due to limited email
> >>> capacity, control, and functionality.
> >>>
> >>> Suggestions:
> >>> 1. Filter any email containing your first or last name to your inbox. Most people you would want to hear from will address you by one or both.
> >>> 2. White list all domains you are registered or affiliated with.
> >>> 3. Remember that you can filter "out" or "in".
> >>>
> >>> Have you tried IMAP?
> >>
> >> I haven't. How do you do that with Pine?
> >
> > I have not used Pine.
> >
> > I just tried IMAP on incoming.verizon.net with Thunderbird and discovered
> > IMAP is not supported. Need to back step that idea.
> >
> > If you have doubts in Verizon Spam Detector... you could just disable it
> > and forward all mail to another service. This is what I do with latent
> > "mailboxes@verizon.net".
>
> Yeah, I went through all the *mail*, *pop*, and *imap* ports listed in
> /etc/services, and the only one supported on incoming.verizon.net is pop3.
> Maybe they have another (secret so far) machine which does imap. Why do the
> forwarding? Does imap offer some benefit over pop when it's done that way?
>
IMAP allows you to preview the messages "before" downloading them.
Very useful for deleting spam & attachments from the server.
/robin
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