Jim Rawls <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, I have a pop 3 account now, and if IMAT is better, I'll switch over, > if jaws works with it all right. I haven't a clue as to the difference. Can > someone explain?
With IMAP, the messages are stored on the server. Changes you make, e.g., moving and deleting messages, marking messages as read or replied to, etc., take place on the server as well. (A local copy may be kept on your disk, but the copy on the server is primary.) The main advantage is that you can access the same mail folders from different devices, and, since everything is kept up to date on the server, whenever you access your mail over IMAP, you are effectively reading and modifying a single copy that is stored remotely. On the other hand, POP 3 downloads your mail to the local computer. It doesn't maintain the mail folders on the server and update them as IMAP does. POP 3 is very much obsolete technology at this point. Since everything is handled by your mail client software, there will be no difference so far as JAWS or any other screen reader is concerned; but you'll have a better experience with IMAP, especially if you have multiple computers/devices with which you read mail. The best strategy in that case is to store the message on a server that has plenty of capacity, and access them using IMAP from all of your devices. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
