What are the differences between POP and IMAP?
POP and IMAP are two types of email protocols. POP, which stands for Post Office Protocol, is the older of the two. With POP, the messages are downloaded off the server and stored on your computer (or M: Drive) for viewing and processing. With POP you do not need to be connected to the internet to read or compose email, which makes it work well with a dial-up connection. You can also get to mailboxes for copying, moving, etc. IMAP, which stands for Internet Message Access Protocol, is the newer of the two protocols. With IMAP, messages stay on the server and you view and work with them there. Mailboxes are also stored on the mail server. Since everything is done on the server, this works best with a broadband connection. One of the benefits of IMAP is that you can access your email using any IMAP program (webmail included) from any location.
