Hi,
I have been using email for many many many years but i've always found bits of it to be confusing and i've learnt that understanding the foundation and what things actually do, rather than just being told how to fix things helps so much more. So here goes.
I have a basic IMAP mail account with a mail account provider. I could do with the questions below answering:
1. What is the "IMAP Path Prefix" option for? I don't need to know HOW to change it, I can do that no problem. Just struggling to find any info online as to what the benefit of changing this is and what changes it makes to your email client?
2. Most providers create a default "Archive" folder. Does this folder actually have any special meaning or functionality? In Mac Mail, I have set up the Mailbox Behaviors to set the Archive folder on the server correctly but just wondering it this default folder actually "does" anything or can I just safely ignore it? I typically have my own folders based on years and each year I just move the previous year's email into that folder.
3. Most mail clients, including Mac Mail, have a "Mark as Spam/Junk" feature or button. If this is used, is this solely for the purpose of the mail client itself or does it go towards giving hints to the spam/junk detection of the mail provider themselves? I have junk mail filtering disabled in Mac Mail but enabled in the settings of my mail provider, this way, no matter which device I check my mail on, I get the benefit of the filtering. I just need to know if using the junk buttons in the mail clients helps towards this or not?
4. I like having all my mail folders on my remote mail providers servers but would also like to backup the year folders I spoke of above locally on one of my machines and store it away somewhere (maybe my DropBox account as I have plenty of space in there). Is this possible? I just want a standards-compliant way of achieving this but online research doesn't seem to be leading me to any good suggestions.
I apologise if any of the above sounds basic or simple, I just want to try to complete my understanding.
Thanks,
Neil
I have been using email for many many many years but i've always found bits of it to be confusing and i've learnt that understanding the foundation and what things actually do, rather than just being told how to fix things helps so much more. So here goes.
I have a basic IMAP mail account with a mail account provider. I could do with the questions below answering:
1. What is the "IMAP Path Prefix" option for? I don't need to know HOW to change it, I can do that no problem. Just struggling to find any info online as to what the benefit of changing this is and what changes it makes to your email client?
2. Most providers create a default "Archive" folder. Does this folder actually have any special meaning or functionality? In Mac Mail, I have set up the Mailbox Behaviors to set the Archive folder on the server correctly but just wondering it this default folder actually "does" anything or can I just safely ignore it? I typically have my own folders based on years and each year I just move the previous year's email into that folder.
3. Most mail clients, including Mac Mail, have a "Mark as Spam/Junk" feature or button. If this is used, is this solely for the purpose of the mail client itself or does it go towards giving hints to the spam/junk detection of the mail provider themselves? I have junk mail filtering disabled in Mac Mail but enabled in the settings of my mail provider, this way, no matter which device I check my mail on, I get the benefit of the filtering. I just need to know if using the junk buttons in the mail clients helps towards this or not?
4. I like having all my mail folders on my remote mail providers servers but would also like to backup the year folders I spoke of above locally on one of my machines and store it away somewhere (maybe my DropBox account as I have plenty of space in there). Is this possible? I just want a standards-compliant way of achieving this but online research doesn't seem to be leading me to any good suggestions.
I apologise if any of the above sounds basic or simple, I just want to try to complete my understanding.
Thanks,
Neil