Enable or Disable IMAP

[Wamp Wamp]

I use the Gmail app on my phone for mail. When I sign into Gmail through the web and click settings at the top of the Gmail page and then click Forwarding and POP/IMAP, IMAP is disabled by default. I hear IMAP is recommended. Should I enable IMAP or keep it disabled and if so, why?

 

[bclinger#IM]

The advantages to IMAP are: real time receipt of email. Disadvantage: uses a bit more battery. I have it enabled. I also use Exchange. I really do not play that much attention to battery life.