Comment 15 for bug 122529

yes Imap tends to be a bit nicer than pop by default pop marks all msgs read if you have leave on server most newbs wont set this also imap tends to be handier in roaming and or dual boot I/E Linux / Windoze and or multiple machines.

with pop owning multiple machines and having to run slow sync software can be a royal pain , and if you use the web ui for while your at a work pc no biggy all your read or unread stay synced and folders on desktop laptop and web stay nice nice , and linux dosent thunderbird and windows thunderbird dosent become a blackhole like pop mail can

anyhow it'd be a royal plus to explit the hell out of imap since it always has ben better then pop but in the past a bit slow due to the bandwith but with hi speed so pervasive thease days the few extra secouds is priceless for all the system bouncing a IT security admin like myself dose . in the end imap saves me countless hours.