-=PCTechTalk=- Re: IMAP

Most email clients should have a setting to limit the downloading to 
"Headers Only".  The body of a message would then only download if you 
specifically clicked on that message.  It won't take long to download 6000 
headers.

Peace,
Gman

"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don" <dswabc@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 10:33 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- IMAP


> Question:
> I have a gmail account that I use as an archive for the group.  There is
> currently about 6000 or more messages in the inbox.  If I set up an IMAP
> account in Thunderbird or Outlook will all 6000 download to my computer? 
> If
> I go to the web interface and archive all the messages, they would all be
> labeled as such and appear in the ALL MAIL folder in my local client.
>
> Is this going to be a real headache?
>
> Don 

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