Hi there all, POP is Post Office protocol. It simply downloads all of your new messages to your computer for you to read.
IMAP is Internet Message Access Protocol. Your messages, folders, filters, and the like can reside on the server and your computer syncs to them. The advantage, is, so I am told, is that you can access your account from work, home, or anywhere else and everything syncs. The problem I found that VO keeps saying, Mail is busy and it takes time to sync when you delte, move, or do anything with your mail. POP is simpler and is easier to manage as far as I'm concerned. Tom Frank On Nov 15, 2010, at 6:07 PM, Christina wrote: > I do not have any understanding as to the difference between the two of them. > I do not know what pop is or what imap is. However, I was going by the > example of what someone had set up for me on another gmail account. > On Nov 15, 2010, at 3:45 PM, Joshua Loya wrote: > >> Out of curiosity, why did you decide to go with pop3, as opposed to imap? >> There might be a good reason to do so, but I can't think of one. >> >> -Joshua >> On Nov 15, 2010, at 2:12 PM, Christina wrote: >> >>> I don't know what I am doing wrong but I am trying to add a gmail account >>> to apple mail and it just won't work. I have followed all the steps to the >>> best of my ability and I just cannot get it to work. The closest I've come >>> is getting an error message saying that pop.gmail.com cannot be verified >>> and may be a security risk if I continue. Those are not the exact words >>> but it's the general idea. Are there any ideas as to what is going on. >>> I've read everything I could on the gmail website to see why I've gotten >>> this error message and also as to why this is not working at all. I >>> currently have a pop gmail account working in apple mail and I've tried >>> using similar settings for the new gmail address but I cannot get it to >>> work. On the gmail side I did enable pop mail so that isn't the problem. >>> Someone else set up the first gmail account for me but I just cannot seem >>> to figure out how to set up the second account on my own. >>> >>> Thanks for any hints, >>> Christina >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
