What is the difference between IceMAIL’s Exchange email service and other POP or IMAP email services?
IceMAIL is based on Microsoft’s latest Exchange Enterprise email system which goes well beyond the capabilities of POP, IMAP, or most free/low-cost web-based email systems. POP and IMAP refer to computer protocols where your desktop, PDA, or laptop retrieve email from an email server. POP and IMAP are both very limited in that they can only send/receive email and do not update/retrieve your calendar, notes, contacts, public folders, and many other features available in a “full” collaboration environment such as Exchange. Microsoft Outlook 2003/2007 is the preferred desktop software to communicate with Exchange and it utilizes the MAPI and RPC protocol which enables the use of calendar, notes, tasks, contacts, and public folders within Exchange. POP and IMAP only send/receive email and don’t even allow the more advanced options within email that Outlook and Exchange enable. Many of the so-called free email providers on the web only offer access to your email accounts via the web or they
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