You may know that your e-mail client uses either the Post Office Protocol (POP) or Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) standard to retrieve your messages. But do you know why you should care? When ...

Most email providers let you choose between two ways to get your messages. You can have a POP (Post Office Protocol) account that downloads all your messages to your ...

Lately, I’ve noticed quite a few stories and discussions online centering around the always popular debate about whether to use IMAP or POP3 for email. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, IMAP ...

Internet Message Access Protocol, or IMAP, is a wonderful thing. It provides immediate two-way synchronization between your mail server and one or more mail clients (Outlook, Apple Mail, your mobile ...

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Gmail's IMAP support roll-out this week had nerds all atwitter about the possibility of synchronized email access across devices, computers, and clients. IMAP is far superior to regular old POP for ...

The company now gives people some precise control over how other e-mail applications can use Gmail with IMAP. It's minor, but it shows the wisdom of Google's approach. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

An Internet protocol used by email clients to access messages from a server. IMAP is a newer alternative to POP3. Unlike POP3, which only downloads the messages, IMAP synchronizes them with the email ...