I realize that IMAP isn’t new, but I just started using it yesterday. I’ve resisted for years as I’ve always had one main store for my email. However, lately, I’m checking email using web based email and everything I’ve heard about IMAP make it sound like it is perfect for using in multiple locations. So far it’s working OK, but I’m getting used to it. For instance, if Mail on my Mac filters messages out of the Inbox, they’re pulled off the IMAP server which kind of defeats the purpose of using IMAP. Most of my email is filtered. I created a rule in Mail that moves all messages < 1 day old into my Inbox and made it my first filter. This should leave everything in my inbox, but when I run the filters over my inbox manually later, it should put everything in the right spot.
Hopefully I’ll get used to this soon; I’ve been using POP3 for close to 15 years ever since I started using Eudora in college. It’s hard to change my thinking, but since I started using POP3 over SSL, I could no longer telnet into my server and issue commands (I know the POP3 commands as I’ve written 2 POP3 email clients in my life), there really is no advantage to me using POP3.
In my experience, filtering stuff out of the Inbox isn\’t a problem. You just need to create a folder actually on the server, and then order Mail to filter into that.