IMAP vs POP3
http://live.pirillo.com/ - What’s the difference between IMAP and POP3?
IMAP - the Internet Message Access Protocol - allows you to setup folders, reply to messages, and do all of your work the same way as you do now, except all of the information stays on the server. This lets you access and synchronize your information across multiple computers (and multiple operating systems) without losing the data.
POP3 - the Post Office Protocol 3 - allows you to access the same information on your account, but once you download it the information must be stored locally, because the data does not stay on the server.
IMAP or POP3 - which one do you use?
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10 Comments
Bryan Price
June 21st, 2007
at 10:35am
POP3.
Bryan Price
June 21st, 2007
at 10:35am
POP3.
Daniel
June 22nd, 2007
at 10:01am
I use IMAP exclusively and recommend it to anyone that deals with a large volume of email at home or at work (ie managers, executives)
Frank C
June 22nd, 2007
at 10:33am
POP3 for home account. I don’t plan on accessing my personal email anywhere but home.
IMAP for business usage. The benefits for a business is that you can access the same information across any system you use (PIM/PDA, Blackberry, Home CPU and Work CPU)
Clyde Hunter, Jr.
June 22nd, 2007
at 10:56am
I use Pop 3 and what you say is not true. I am a little too adventurous and I end up formatting the C drive frequently. My C drive is on the primary hard drive and I have another partitioned hard drive where I keep “the good stuff”.
After I reinstall XP Pro, I go to a folder in the partition I call Active. The folder is called 4. E-Mail, 2. Save before Format. I save some E-Mails there that I consider important. Before I turn on the DSL modem, I set up my E-Mail accounts (2). I always have the E-Mail set up to download new
mail only when I click on Send/Receive. I also go to Tools - Accounts and
click on Properties of both Accounts - then advanced, and toward the bottom under delivery I check “leave a copy on the Server”.
The last time I formatted the C drive and reinstalled XP, when I clicked on Send/Receive, I got over 1 thousand E-Mails.
By the way I am not sure what URL actually is. Could it be: 192.168.1.64
Clyde Hunter, Jr.
June 22nd, 2007
at 10:56am
I use Pop 3 and what you say is not true. I am a little too adventurous and I end up formatting the C drive frequently. My C drive is on the primary hard drive and I have another partitioned hard drive where I keep “the good stuff”.
After I reinstall XP Pro, I go to a folder in the partition I call Active. The folder is called 4. E-Mail, 2. Save before Format. I save some E-Mails there that I consider important. Before I turn on the DSL modem, I set up my E-Mail accounts (2). I always have the E-Mail set up to download new
mail only when I click on Send/Receive. I also go to Tools - Accounts and
click on Properties of both Accounts - then advanced, and toward the bottom under delivery I check “leave a copy on the Server”.
The last time I formatted the C drive and reinstalled XP, when I clicked on Send/Receive, I got over 1 thousand E-Mails.
By the way I am not sure what URL actually is. Could it be: 192.168.1.64
danny
June 24th, 2007
at 8:14am
Chris,
It’d be nice in your videos to give examples wherever possible. From this video I infer that IMAP is like my ‘hotmail’ account [since email stays on server] versus POP3 is like my Outlook Express[since email is removed from server]- correct?
I find many of your videos very useful so right on!
Danny
Clintus McGintus
June 24th, 2007
at 10:26am
“I have a fever, and the only prescription is more cow bell.”
DarkAlly
July 17th, 2007
at 8:38am
I use IMAP on Thunderbird at work.
DarkAlly
July 17th, 2007
at 8:38am
I use IMAP on Thunderbird at work.