Originally Posted By: tfabris
Originally Posted By: Dignan
Can someone explain the seeming refusal of so many companies to support IMAP?


My local sysadmin claims it's not secure. I don't know where that statement comes from and haven't pressed him on it. Anyone else know why he might say that?

IMAP is not inherently insecure. Particular implementations may be however. I guess some old security issues with some implementations may have made your sysadmin wary.

The main reason most admins don't like IMAP is having to deal with the extra storage necessary.