Yes, from what I've understood gmail criteria are equivalent to folders, ie. if you assign one criterion to each email it's the same[1], but you can also assign more. But I've never actually *used* it.
IMAP is where you use an email client on your local computer to manipulate the mail which stays on the server. It sucks mightily on dialup, but it's good because (1) you get a proper interface, not just webmail[2] and (2) you can access the email from anywhere.
[1] Insert complicated and boring spraff about what assignment of criteria would be equivalent to subfolders. [2] Though it's always getting better, it's still not as easy.
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Date: 2005-03-31 12:55 pm (UTC)Yes, from what I've understood gmail criteria are equivalent to folders, ie. if you assign one criterion to each email it's the same[1], but you can also assign more. But I've never actually *used* it.
IMAP is where you use an email client on your local computer to manipulate the mail which stays on the server. It sucks mightily on dialup, but it's good because (1) you get a proper interface, not just webmail[2] and (2) you can access the email from anywhere.
[1] Insert complicated and boring spraff about what assignment of criteria would be equivalent to subfolders.
[2] Though it's always getting better, it's still not as easy.