Shaw POP or IMAP

[plumber]

I thought I had this "fixed". I'm with Shaw. When I am away from my home wifi, I can't send mail except by logging into my Shaw webmail account online, an inconvenience. Should I be using a POP or IMAP setup? Settings?
TIA

 

[chas_m]

If you are checking/managing mail on more than one device, you should be using IMAP. No, strike that -- you should be using IMAP in every instance of checking email, even if you only possess a single device. POP is from the very earliest days of the internet, and none of the major providers (Apple, Microsoft, or Google) even offer the option for very good reasons.

And just in case you haven't been following the story or seen my earlier posts on this topic, you need to be getting off Shaw email *entirely* as soon as possible. Shaw **IS** going to be a) acquired by Rogers, which doesn't offer email service, or b) acquired by someone else (like Bell) who will shut off Shaw email, or c) go out of business altogether (they have said the latter repeatedly) in the near future.

Transfer your primary email address for your online accounts and friends/family to another provider like iCloud.com, Outlook.com, or (if you must) Gmail.com. None of those providers are going anywhere in our expected lifetimes, and on top of that they all provide *vastly* better email services with larger capacity, worldwide access, and more.

GET STARTED ON THIS ASAP. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE. IF YOU NEED HELP WITH THIS, CONTACT YOUR PREFERRED LOCAL TECH HELP PROVIDER.

 

[plumber]

If you are checking/managing mail on more than one device, you should be using IMAP. No, strike that -- you should be using IMAP in every instance of checking email, even if you only possess a single device. POP is from the very earliest days of the internet, and none of the major providers (Apple, Microsoft, or Google) even offer the option for very good reasons.

And just in case you haven't been following the story or seen my earlier posts on this topic, you need to be getting off Shaw email *entirely* as soon as possible. Shaw **IS** going to be a) acquired by Rogers, which doesn't offer email service, or b) acquired by someone else (like Bell) who will shut off Shaw email, or c) go out of business altogether (they have said the latter repeatedly) in the near future.

Transfer your primary email address for your online accounts and friends/family to another provider like iCloud.com, Outlook.com, or (if you must) Gmail.com. None of those providers are going anywhere in our expected lifetimes, and on top of that they all provide *vastly* better email services with larger capacity, worldwide access, and more.

GET STARTED ON THIS ASAP. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE. IF YOU NEED HELP WITH THIS, CONTACT YOUR PREFERRED LOCAL TECH HELP PROVIDER.

Thanks for that Chas, re: IMAP. A good reminder about Shaw, since, although many of us know what we have to do, we need reminders to just DO IT!

 

[chas_m]

And just to add to this for the benefit of those who don’t watch the news much (don’t blame you!):

The Competition Tribunal (the “court” above the Competition Bureau) has given its approval to the merger.
With the minister for this already on board (providing prices come DOWN in western Canada), that pretty much wraps this up, though there will still be a court challenge from the Competition Bureau, which will lose the case.

 

[Ruth Price]

And just to add to this for the benefit of those who don’t watch the news much (don’t blame you!):

The Competition Tribunal (the “court” above the Competition Bureau) has given its approval to the merger.
With the minister for this already on board (providing prices come DOWN in western Canada), that pretty much wraps this up, though there will still be a court challenge from the Competition Bureau, which will lose the case.

Can you publish a list of people who will help us transfer to iCloud.com?

 

[chas_m]

Thanks for asking, Ruth!

There's myself, the London Drugs in-home Tech Advisor (1-888-718-4598 M-F) -- I'm trained on Mac/PC/iPhone/iPad/Android
Alan Perry (type shownotes.ca into the top bar of your web browser to visit his site/see his contact info) -- PC and iPhone/iPad
Brian Pavlicic (pronounced PAV-li-chich) (see Alan's info) -- Brian is trained on Mac/PC/iPhone/iPad/Android
Aitan Roubini (maczen.ca) -- Apple devices, but can also help with the transition on PCs and mobile devices
and David Jones (in Sidney), YTSComputerService@gmail.com

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