Brief excerpt from:
http://directory.purdue.edu/MAIL-HUB/md/pop_imap.html
Hope it helps.
-jacques.
PS. Note that many clients have features allowing messages to be kept
on the
POP server, though not with any kind of organization.
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*I keep hearing the terms POP and IMAP. What are these anyway?
POP (Post Office Protocol) and IMAP (Internet Message Access
Protocol) are two protocols used by email clients to access mail stored
on remote computers.
For example, if you set the "service" field of your account to
"store", a Mailhub account is created for you. This account can be
accessed by an email client using either POP or IMAP. The email client
uses the network to communicate with Mailhub and access your mail.
*Ok, so what is the difference between POP and IMAP?
POP (Post Office Protocol) downloads all your messages from the
central postoffice to your pc's hard drive.
IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) downloads a copy of your
messages from the central postoffice to your pc's hard drive when you
read a message, but leaves the original intact on the server. This
allows you to organize and store your messages on the central
postoffice server.
*How do I know which method I should use, POP or IMAP?
Which method to use is determined by your situation. IMAP is a nice
option if you read your email from multiple locations. For example, all
your email would be accessible from both a lab/work machine and your
home machine. If you use a portable, you might prefer to use POP and
carry all your mail with you.
Both methodologies work well for certain situations. Utility Software
Services has provided both of them as part of Mailhub. It is up to you
which one, or both, that you want to use. You should consider how you
want to read your mail (i.e. from multiple locations vs. the same
computer), and the quality of software available for your platform.
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On Monday, February 3, 2003, at 03:39 PM, Karen Swenson wrote:
>
> On Monday, February 3, 2003, at 01:29 PM, Don Hinkle wrote:
>
>> I don't know what an IMAP account is.
>
> I also know very little, just that it's different protocol for
> receiving email. Could be wrong there, too. All email accounts I've
> used, except mac.com, have been POP. I found a site so full of
> techspeak it gave me a headache
> <http://www.imap.org/imap.vs.pop.brief.html> but maybe one of the list
> gurus could describe POP vs. IMAP in plain language.
>
> Karen
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