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Re: IMAP server
I think using any sort of ISP provided email address is a no go these days. If you no longer use that ISP then you have no idea how long that email address will function for. If you ever lost access to the email account you could well loose access to many things associated with that email account too.
Personally I think its worth a bit of time / pain to gradually move things away from an ISP provided email address. Ideally to your own domain given the cost of them is so cheap these days. You are then in totally control of one of your most important online identities, and can switch your email provider, keeping the same email address.
Even if you don't like the idea of using your own domain for email, i'd argue an email address with Outlook.com our Gmail is a much wiser choice in this day and age.
Sure our old @ntlworld.com email addresses were good in the late 90s / early 2000's when webmail services like hotmail gave you a 1-2mb inbox and your ISP would let you send 7mb attachments. However 15 years later things have moved on and I personally think people should have a much greater control over their online identity.
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