POP3 or IMAP (What's the Difference): Difference between revisions

Revision as of 09:28, 30 October 2012

IMAP	POP3
Email kept on our server, same view of email and folders for all your email programs	Email downloaded to your email client and not kept on our server. Webmail and other email programs won't see the same view
Message (and attachments) only downloaded when you display the email	Message (and attachments) are downloaded whenever you check for new email
You can create extra folders that are also created on the server, and therefore seen across all your email programs	Only a single inbox on the server, folders you create are only local to that specific email program.
Sent email can also be stored on the server, and therefore seen across all email programs	Sent email only stored on the local computer
1 Gigabyte of storage included as standard, further storage will have a small charge per Gigabyte (an advisory email will be sent when 1 Gigabyte is reached.)	Email only stored on the local machine (unless the email program have a 'leave on server' option)

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-{| {{table}}
+{| border="1"
-| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''IMAP'''
-| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''POP3'''
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+| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;" | '''IMAP'''
-| Email kept on our server, same view of email and folders for all your email programs||Email downloaded to your email client and not kept on our server. Webmail and other email programs won't see the same view
+| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;" | '''POP3'''
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+| Email kept on our server, same view of email and folders for all your email programs
-| Message (and attachments) only downloaded when you display the email||Message (and attachments) are downloaded whenever you check for new email
+| Email downloaded to your email client and not kept on our server. Webmail and other email programs won't see the same view
 |-
+| Message (and attachments) only downloaded when you display the email
-| You can create extra folders that are also created on the server, and therefore seen across all your email programs||Only a single inbox on the server, folders you create are only local to that specific email program.
+| Message (and attachments) are downloaded whenever you check for new email
 |-
-| Sent email can also be stored on the server, and therefore seen across all email programs||Sent email only stored on the local computer
+| You can create extra folders that are also created on the server, and therefore seen across all your email programs
+| Only a single inbox on the server, folders you create are only local to that specific email program.
 |-
+| Sent email can also be stored on the server, and therefore seen across all email programs
-| 1 Gigabyte of storage included as standard, further storage will have a small charge per Gigabyte (an advisory email will be sent when 1 Gigabyte is reached.)||Email only stored on the local machine (unless the email program have a 'leave on server' option)
+| Sent email only stored on the local computer
+|-
+| 1 Gigabyte of storage included as standard, further storage will have a small charge per Gigabyte (an advisory email will be sent when 1 Gigabyte is reached.)
+| Email only stored on the local machine (unless the email program have a 'leave on server' option)
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