Why is the POP3 mail protocol so slow and why hasn't a new version of POP been developed that fixes the speed problem? I'm pretty sure that it would be far faster to just download a compressed file containing all the messages and then unzip it and parse it locally. POP3 is fine when you keep up with your mail, but leave for a week and come back and I end up waiting quite a while to get all the mail downloaded.
posted by HappyEngineer on Nov 3, 2009 - 13 answers

How do I set up Yahoo Mail Plus to receive my email from other accounts? (more inside) [more inside]
posted by healthyliving on Aug 18, 2009 - 3 answers

After reading this AskMe, I decided to use Mac's Mail program to keep copies of my messages on my gmail account on my computer. However, I wanted to use the "IMAP" option to keep copies of all my mail both on the web, in gmail, and on my computer, in Mac Mail. Instead, something else happened and now I'm in trouble. [more inside]
posted by foxy_hedgehog on May 18, 2009 - 7 answers

Email Filter: Why aren't I using POP instead of IMAP? Which do you use and why? [more inside]
posted by jak68 on Nov 1, 2008 - 13 answers

Why do I appear to have POP access to my yahoo.com e-mail address via GMail? [more inside]
posted by bdk3clash on Oct 16, 2008 - 2 answers

I want my email messages to be in the same state (read, deleted, filed, sent) on three different Macintoshes. Will iSync do what I want? Is there another solution to the chaos? [more inside]
posted by Capri on Feb 3, 2008 - 15 answers

I want to run a mail server on my computer so that I can feed email from different POP accounts into an IMAP account. The weird part is I don't care to access by IMAP over the web, but I do want to POP it into GMail. Confused? Me too. [more inside]
posted by BigSky on Jun 28, 2007 - 4 answers

Gmail appears to have failed me. AskMe, show me the light. I use Gmail to retrieve my email from my vanity domain via POP. All is good, except for it appears that Gmail does not actually delete emails on the POP account when you delete and trash it in Gmail. Now my vanity domain email account is maxed out with several months worth of deleted email & spam clogging it. [more inside]
posted by Argyle on Apr 20, 2007 - 8 answers

I've been using Outlook for years, but I'm looking for a better solution to manage my email accounts and massive archive of messages. [more inside]
posted by justkevin on Apr 11, 2007 - 17 answers

I am looking for a web based email solution for numerous pop accounts. [more inside]
posted by captainscared on Mar 18, 2007 - 12 answers

How do you get mail in "mbox" fomat into Gmail via pop? [more inside]
posted by Popcorn on Mar 4, 2007 - 6 answers

We're making the switch from POP mail to hosted Exchange mail, and it isn't as much fun as it should be. [more inside]
posted by SteveInMaine on Dec 29, 2006 - 4 answers

Help me integrate my email access in to one place, please? [more inside]
posted by miltoncat on Nov 14, 2006 - 6 answers

TreoFilter: I just got a Treo 700p ... now what? What cool/interesting/essential/useful applications, accessories, and so on should I get? [Bonus email question inside.] [more inside]
posted by raf on Aug 1, 2006 - 15 answers

How do change an IMAP account to POP? [more inside]
posted by Brandon Blatcher on Jul 18, 2006 - 4 answers

Sending email via Gmail using POP and Verizon ISP? [more inside]
posted by cahlers on May 17, 2006 - 8 answers

I have a Gmail account and a university email account (IMAP), both configured through OSX's Mail (the IMAP is only for sending mail; all incoming mail comes through the Gmail account). Lately, none of my email has been showing up in Mail (I know this because I've started keeping Gmail Notifier on the menubar as a double-check). It's not just that it takes a while to collect; it just never actually appears in my Mail.app inbox. I've double checked all my settings against Google's instructions, and even removed and re-added the mailbox. Any ideas as to what could have gone wrong and how I could fix it?
posted by rossination on Feb 27, 2006 - 4 answers

I have a POP email account and an IMAP email account...how do I send the POP email to the IMAP account? [more inside]
posted by bkudria on Feb 21, 2006 - 17 answers

I have an awful lot of email filtered/labelled and filed within Gmail. When I download it via POP using Thunderbird, is there any way of it automatically going into specific folders within Thunderbird? :)
posted by badlydubbedboy on Nov 30, 2005 - 3 answers

How can I backup my existing Gmail inbox locally, so I can search and access my messages offline? [more inside]
posted by Thoth on Sep 24, 2005 - 6 answers

I love Google mail, but I also love my email address. Is there a way I can use gmail as the client for my email (accessible via POP or IMAP) so I can have both?
posted by skryche on Apr 18, 2005 - 12 answers

Browser works, POP mail doesn't. Possible TCP/IP problem in Windows XP. [+] [more inside]
posted by Mayor Curley on Dec 10, 2004 - 20 answers

I've read on several sites that Gmail is offering POP access. I can find nothing on their site about it. Can someone tell me how this works?
posted by cedar on Nov 10, 2004 - 6 answers

Simple Pop Email client recommendation. [MI] [more inside]
posted by Mitheral on Oct 4, 2004 - 14 answers

I've got a disused email account that I haven't used for about a year. I used to get quite a bit of spam, so I imagine it's clogged. For reasons to tedious to explain, I think an email I need to read has been mistakenly sent there. When I try to log on (via a POP3 server, which is the only option) my email program crashes. Are there any programs which do a good job of accessing clogged accounts?
posted by ascullion on Sep 18, 2004 - 12 answers

I was thinking of signing up for the new Yahoo Mail Plus, but I want to know if I can check another pop3 account through it. Yahoo says you can send as another email, but says nothing about receiving. Has anyone tried this?
posted by quibx on Jun 15, 2004 - 7 answers

Recommendations for a free POP email account? All I can find is lists of providers, no real commentary.
posted by occhiblu on Apr 28, 2004 - 16 answers

I've been reading my mail on the server for a long time, but I'm starting to provide hosting for people here, and some of them want to read their mail through a regular old POP client. Is there a secure way to provide this service? [more] [more inside]
posted by majcher on Mar 24, 2004 - 8 answers

What is a good, free, hopefully Open Source email client which can handle both Pop and Imap protocols. Have been using Thunderbird, Mozilla and The Bat!, not too happy with any of their Imap implementations, though I love Mozilla/FB's bayes filtering.
posted by signal on Jan 27, 2004 - 10 answers