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Comment from Gwyn on 2009-05-19

2009-05-19T19:28:13Z

Can someone please tell me what sort of wording the email provider uses when notifying a sender that their email has been bounced. ( I have never seen such a notice, unless they just send a general notice stating that the mail is undeliverable. And if this is what happens it surely must be unfortunate, for many people will not think of trying to send the email again in a week or two I should think.

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Comment from Mark Jacobs on 2009-05-17

2009-05-17T16:29:40Z

The choice between IMAP and POP3 is offered by some providers. I all depends on your provider. As for a quota problem, you could open a GMAIL accont which has enough room for most people's email needs as Leo said almost 8GB. You could then tell everyone about your Gmail acct and keep your old address open for stragglers who might try to email you for years after switching to Gmail. I never close an email account, I just tell everyone about my new acct and stop giving the old one to people. But then I usually check my old address occasionally for people I may have forgotten to tell my new address to. I've gotten emails from people I haven't seen in years on my old accts. I know Leo doesn't recommend free emails, but if you use the email address of your ISP and you change ISPs for som reason you can lose a lot of emails.

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Comment from Just J on 2009-05-16

2009-05-16T15:55:31Z

Hi Leo

Regarding the use of either POP3 or IMAP.

Is it a choice?

I was under the impression that you had to comply with the requirements of your ISP, so it was they who specified whether your account was POP3 or IMAP controlled.

Is it an end-user choice after all, depending on your personal requirements?

You're right, in that it's totally reliant on what the ISP provides, but in reality more and more ISPs are providing both. IMAP is gaining in popularity (as a result of people's internet connections getting faster and faster), and thus it's a choice you can make when you configure your email program.

- Leo
17-May-2009

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