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<blockquote data-quote="EndlessMac" data-source="post: 1063153" data-attributes="member: 140470"><p>If you are asking the difference between IMAP and POP then in simple terms IMAP basically syncs your Gmail.com account with your Apple's Mail program. With POP Mail just downloads the emails and you can organize it and delete them without affecting the emails on the server. With IMAP whatever you do to one will sync with the other so if you delete in Mail then it will also delete in Gmail.</p><p></p><p>Gmail's POP has the option to save your emails on the server so when you login all your emails will still be there. I believe you have to turn on that option in the preference settings. Traditionally with POP the email is deleted from the server once it's downloaded. With POP what you do in Gmail will not affect Apple's Mail and vice versa. You basically have two separate copies of your email. Although if you send email from Gmail it will also send you a copy to Mail so you will also have a copy there too.</p><p></p><p>So technically both Gmail's IMAP and POP will have a copy for you when you login into it away from home.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EndlessMac, post: 1063153, member: 140470"] If you are asking the difference between IMAP and POP then in simple terms IMAP basically syncs your Gmail.com account with your Apple's Mail program. With POP Mail just downloads the emails and you can organize it and delete them without affecting the emails on the server. With IMAP whatever you do to one will sync with the other so if you delete in Mail then it will also delete in Gmail. Gmail's POP has the option to save your emails on the server so when you login all your emails will still be there. I believe you have to turn on that option in the preference settings. Traditionally with POP the email is deleted from the server once it's downloaded. With POP what you do in Gmail will not affect Apple's Mail and vice versa. You basically have two separate copies of your email. Although if you send email from Gmail it will also send you a copy to Mail so you will also have a copy there too. So technically both Gmail's IMAP and POP will have a copy for you when you login into it away from home. [/QUOTE]
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