Email configuration ideas for multiple pc/device users

I came accross an excellent article which covers the different methods avilable for checking email using an email client like Outlook. The article tends towards Windows Mobile devices, but it appraises the pros and cons of the different methods for different scenarios. e.g. best way to have email on your laptop, PC and PDA at the same time.

Although the majority of users probably stick to POP3 mailboxes, we also offer users the ability to check email via IMAP4 or hosted Exchange. POP3 can be clunky. And while its nice to have a complete copy of your email on one PC, its good to know you have a few copies on a few seperate systems. So in the event of corruption or data loss, there's always a backup.

The following article goes into great depth of the different methods available:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/articles/strategy.mspx