What is the difference between web-based and client-based email?
Web-based email means that your Stargate email account is actually a web site, permitting seamless integration of web capabilities and your email as well as providing global access to your email from any Internet-connected computer. This web-based email uses the IMAP protocol, meaning that email is read directly off the server rather than downloaded to a local folder in an email program installed on your computer (POP3). Once you have connected to the Internet, you can simply point your computer’s web browser to http://mail.stargate.net and log into your account using your Stargate email address and password. This is different from client-based email in which you need to connect directly to Stargate in order to access your mail account utilizing software like Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora or Netscape Mail. An added advantage of StarTraveler Webmail is that you never have to install any new client software.
Web-based email means that your Expedient email account is actually a web site, permitting seamless integration of web capabilities and your email as well as providing global access to your email from any Internet-connected computer. This web-based email uses the IMAP protocol, meaning that email is read directly off the server rather than downloaded to a local folder in an email program installed on your computer (POP3). Once you have connected to the Internet, you can simply point your computer’s web browser to http://mail.expedient.net and log into your account using your Expedient email address and password. This is different from client-based email in which you need to connect directly to Expedient in order to access your mail account utilizing software like Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora or Netscape Mail. An added advantage of Webmail is that you never have to install any new client software. All you need is a web browser like Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator.
