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I see you
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: NJ
Posts: 29,891
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Optimum online service
Does anyone else use this service for email and internet? I have had an ongoing issue with them regarding my email. That is my inability to retrieve my email. Every few days my email just won't load. I changed over from Chrome to Firefox but it has made little difference. Online help is a joke. So frustrating.
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12-09-2015, 12:24 PM
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The Unsettler
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Lantanna TX
Posts: 23,885
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LOL, the Dolans.
I feel for ya. Try a real desktop email client instead of web based. Web based will be IMAP and there are some odd issues with IMAP from time to time. Desktop can be set up for POP and may be more reliable. Or get a new email account. Gmail, yahoo, whatever. FWIW you can set up gmail to retrieve your Optimum mail as well as reply as if it came from the Optimum account. Won't fix your issue if the problem is on Optimums backend but will allow you to migrate to a new account and not miss anything still going to the old.
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12-09-2015, 12:42 PM
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I see you
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: NJ
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OK I understood some of that. But IMAP? POP?
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12-09-2015, 12:47 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Växjö Sweden/Hannover Germany
Posts: 1,135
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POP means the email is retreived from the server to your device. Deleted from the server then.
IMAP leaves the email on the server but flags it as downloaded/read, you can still retreive it from another device or via webmail. Use Gmail or buy an own domain with webhosting/email, it only costs a few dollars per year. |
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12-10-2015, 05:20 AM
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The Unsettler
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Lantanna TX
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All of my accounts are set up for both. POP on the stationary desktop that is always on and never goes anywhere, IMAP for portable devices. A couple of years back there was a change in how some mail clients implemented IMAP which has resulted in some really annoying reliability issues for end users. When you set up as POP you are receiving a local copy of the mail. You set it up so that it leaves a copy of the email on the server for x days, weeks, months or forever, you decide. IMAP does not download to the device, it always resides on the server and you read it from there. IMAP means the mail is always available to access from any device including a public computer but it also means your mailbox on the server will eventually fill up unless you actively archive it before deleting it. More mail on the server can result in sluggish performance of your mail client when listing mail to read or searching for an older piece of mail. With POP you get a local copy so your mailbox size is only dependent on how much available space you have on your local machine. If you are running back ups the mail gets included so you always have it. By setting one device as POP and telling it to keep mail for X days, weeks, months you are effectively managing your IMAP space. Meaning the POP client deletes anything older than what you tell it to keep. I set all mine for 30 days. I find no need to have access to mail any older than that on my portable device.
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12-10-2015, 08:05 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Växjö Sweden/Hannover Germany
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Excellent description!
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12-10-2015, 11:08 PM
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