On Mon, 2022-02-14 at 13:03 +0100, wwp wrote:
> That's actually a good reason to use IMAP instead, as the
normal
> behaviour is to download the headers and not the bodies. You only
> download the bodies on mails that you read, so unless you don't get
> any spam or if you actually read every single message that you get,
> your bandwidth usage will normally appreciably be lower with IMAP.
You make assumptions here that follow your use, and it's not at all
mine - I do read (thus, download) - read or filter by body contents -
nearly all emails I receive, and I receive a lot of spam that is
also filtered on client-side.
I do all my spam filtering server-side, though that would apply both to
POP and IMAP.
[...]
Also, writing/sending at lot of emails, using drafts, will increase
your network consumption, but that, also, depends on your own uses. A
slow network user will be sensitive to that.
Most IMAP MUAs allow you to specify a local folder for drafts, if
that's a concern.
poc