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What is the difference b/w POP3 and IMAP protocols?

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Question added by Suhail Azam , IT Regional , Gilbane Federal
Date Posted: 2016/03/15
Maged Mohamed Youssef
by Maged Mohamed Youssef , Group CRM Manager , GPS

IMAP is the better option - and the recommended option - when you need to check your emails from multiple devices, such as a work laptop, a home computer, or a tablet, smartphone, or other mobile device. Tap into your synced (updated) account from any device with IMAP.

POP3 downloads email from a server to a single computer, then deletes it from the server. Because your messages get downloaded to a single computer or device and then deleted from the server, it can appear that mail is missing or disappearing from your Inbox if you try to check your mail from a different computer.

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