Jared,

thanks for the info. i now understand the concept.

On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 6:06 PM, Jared Koyier <jaredkoyier@gmail.com> wrote:
Lydiah,with IMAP you are downloading just the headers (sender details
n subject line) and not the whole mail as is incase of POP. Obviously
Email headers would download faster than a complete email. Something
else could be chewing up your bandwidth. Alternatively,implement a
policy to prioritize email traffic over others if it deserves
priority.

On 01/10/2009, Steve Muchai <smuchai@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 5:37 PM, lydiah ndirangu <lyndirangu22@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> i am using a rather old router(2600). i dont think NBAR will be
>> supported by this router but thanks for the insight.
>
> It may well be supported, this depends on the IOS feature set.
>
>>
>> actually the problem i was having was with my mails. they were taking
>> too long download. i was wondering what was passing in my router.
>>
>> i changed my clients mail protocal from POP to IMAP and the problem was
>> solved.
>>
>> anyboby with an explanation why IMAP is better than POP or what was
>> going on exactly????
>
> To the best of my knowledge, for POP the client downloads the entire
> message - including attachments.
>
> With IMAP, the client downloads the message headers and displays them
> in the inbox. When you select an particular message the contents are
> then downloaded. Messages are stored on the server, unless you
> transfer them to a local folder.
>
> Messaging gurus, I stand to be corrected.
>
> It's possible you just had one or more ultra-large
> attachment....worse, it might turn out to be junk.
>
> BR,
> S
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