I meant IMAP really, just got the terms mixed up, thanks
Comment on Is POP email still a thing?
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days ago
POP isn’t sync; pop downloads all the messages locally and you tell the server what to do with them once they’re downloaded.
The result is that you have your messages on your device. But when you go to another device, it’s a different set of messages with different read status.
Unless something has changed, that’s how it worked last time I used POP and that’s why everyone used IMAP now that there’s multiple devices (phones, laptops) in play.
You’re right about self hosting email; it’s a pain.
eyesaremosaics@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
I used IMAP with my ISP, I had a technical question about something and the tech worker bee was surprised that they still offered IMAP as everything for the worker bees end had been moved to exchange. I read up on it after the chit chat and it appeared they where looking at transitioning everyone over to exchange in the coming years, so I created an away message to my ISP mail, forwarding stuff from there to one aand address at my domains IMAP server full time slowly adding things to the do not forward list.
eyesaremosaics@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Is exchange like a microsoft system?
Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
It is an “open standard” developed ny mucreoslop as I understand it.
eyesaremosaics@lemmy.zip 20 hours ago
Ok, JMAP sounds like it might be a better option
diecknet@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
Yes, there is Exchange Server to host it yourself or Exchange Online which is the subscription based cloud service (Microsoft 365).