What is the difference between IMAP and POP Email protocols?
• IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) is a method of accessing your e-mail that also allows you to store mailboxes (also referred to as folders) on the HAAS email server. This is useful for people who want to check their email from the lab and from home. Since you are looking at the mail that is stored on the server, you see the same mail whether you are reading it from home, school, or through a webmail client such as Lookout, the webmail client we currently use at Haas. However, with this method you have to keep an eye on your mail quota so that you do not go over it. • POP (Post Office Protocol) is a method of accessing your e-mail that downloads the mail to the computer where you are reading it from. It’s a good method to use if you have your own computer and you will always be reading mail from that one computer wherever you go. With this method you will probably never go over your quota.
