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Re:Purelymail – cheap, no-nonsense email by generalizations on Friday July 02, 2021 @12:59PM (#27714013)
IMAP synchronizes with the server, but keeps a local copy. Compare to POP, which moves the mail off the server entirely.
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Re:Purelymail – cheap, no-nonsense email by oarsinsync on Friday July 02, 2021 @01:09PM (#27714120)
> IMAP synchronizes with the server, but keeps a local copy.

The local copy is client dependent. Mail.app on your iPhone will not keep a local copy of all your emails if you have a large number of emails spanning a long period of time. Other clients may vary.

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