POP3 to IMAP
I’m a member of a number of online mailing lists, which I have an e-mail address specifically for. I’ve connected to my e-mail mailing list account through POP3 and I then sort them using a e-mail client rules. However, i’ve gotten tired of waiting for hundreds of messages to downloaded everyday, now I have moved all of my rules server side and I’m using IMAP.
On my Dreamhost account, I have setup filters to direct all of my mail to different folders in my IMAP account. Mail for UIUC stuff gets filled into a folder, ACM stuff has a folder, Mac OS X Talk has a folder and etc. I have all of my e-mail being funneled into one account but parsed into seperate folders. So if I need to check e-mail anyway, I can just connect to my IMAP account and everything is at my fingertips, including my archive of e-mail. I’m hoping to eventually condense everything down into one e-mail address, sweet indeed.