IMAP can be seen as a superset of POP (in terms of features). Tools like offlineimap prove it. Other than that. I'm a bit shocked to read what I read in this t

IMAP can be seen as a superset of POP (in terms of features). Tools like offlineimap prove it. Other than that. I'm a bit shocked to read what I read in this thread. People who would want Gmail to support fetching emails from other mailboxes via IMAP rather than just POP3. I mean, it's only been a day or two since "PRISM" is not mentioned on the front page. I don't know who said that, but I read in a comment on HN that HN users and geeks in general will change their behavior because of Snowden's revelations, but that it will not affect the general public once the story will have cooled down, in a few weeks. Sadly, we have a proof here that HNers are just the same.