I've used POP3 forever. Some have tried to convince me to move to IMAP. I know the difference, but POP3 tends to better serve my needs. I don't go from device to device reading email. 99% of my mail is done on one
desktop.
But, when some try to convince me to change to IMAP, and the articles I
read about the differences, they always talk about POP3 as a type server,
and IMAP as another type of server. Then, I can across a post in a forum, that said that there are not two types of servers, one for POP3 and one for IMAP, but that the POP3 or IMAP is a configuration on one's email client.
In other words, if I understand correctly, a mail server is not designated POP3 or IMAP. It's just a mail server. It's how one sets up their local client, and the method of dowmloading their mail, that determines if they
are using POP3 or IMAP, and it's the same server that serves all email, be
it collected via POP3 or IMAP protocol.
Do I have this correct?
Boris <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
I've used POP3 forever. Some have tried to convince me to move to IMAP. I >> know the difference, but POP3 tends to better serve my needs. I don't go
from device to device reading email. 99% of my mail is done on one
desktop.
But, when some try to convince me to change to IMAP, and the articles I
read about the differences, they always talk about POP3 as a type server,
and IMAP as another type of server. Then, I can across a post in a forum, >> that said that there are not two types of servers, one for POP3 and one for >> IMAP, but that the POP3 or IMAP is a configuration on one's email client.
In other words, if I understand correctly, a mail server is not designated >> POP3 or IMAP. It's just a mail server. It's how one sets up their local
client, and the method of dowmloading their mail, that determines if they
are using POP3 or IMAP, and it's the same server that serves all email, be >> it collected via POP3 or IMAP protocol.
Do I have this correct?
They're just different protocols, the Email client that you use will
choose whether to use POP or IMAP protocol depending on your
configuration. The server software may support either POP, IMAP, or
both. The different protocols will usually be accessed on different
ports, both on the same server, by your Email client.
On Sat, 11 Mar 2017 02:40:35 +0000 (UTC), Computer Nerd Kev
wrote:
Boris <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
I've used POP3 forever. Some have tried to convince me to move to IMAP. I >>> know the difference, but POP3 tends to better serve my needs. I don't go ...
On many server machines there are, in fact, two different server
programs running, one for POP3, another for IMAP.
They probably even have to have separate email storage, because
they have to delete emails at different times.
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