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<blockquote data-quote="EvenStranger" data-source="post: 1259540" data-attributes="member: 181804"><p>POP vs. IMAP - If you have an email account, you're going to use one of these two protocols. The difference is how they store messages and share information. </p><p></p><p>IMAP is like a bulletin board. Messages posted to it are viewable by everyone (or every computer) that looks at them. If a message is pulled from the bulletin board (deleted), it's removed for everyone. </p><p></p><p>POP is like the mailbox in front of your home. By default, if you check the mail, it's removed from the box (server) and taken in the house. Anyone checking mail later will only find an empty box. First come, first served. </p><p></p><p>The exception, as described above, is if you choose to leave the mail in the box temporarily so that another computer can also check it. Eventually though, it will be removed automatically from the server. Personally, I like to leave mail on the server for 7 days, so that I can check email from other devices, such as my iPhone and iPad.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EvenStranger, post: 1259540, member: 181804"] POP vs. IMAP - If you have an email account, you're going to use one of these two protocols. The difference is how they store messages and share information. IMAP is like a bulletin board. Messages posted to it are viewable by everyone (or every computer) that looks at them. If a message is pulled from the bulletin board (deleted), it's removed for everyone. POP is like the mailbox in front of your home. By default, if you check the mail, it's removed from the box (server) and taken in the house. Anyone checking mail later will only find an empty box. First come, first served. The exception, as described above, is if you choose to leave the mail in the box temporarily so that another computer can also check it. Eventually though, it will be removed automatically from the server. Personally, I like to leave mail on the server for 7 days, so that I can check email from other devices, such as my iPhone and iPad. [/QUOTE]
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