![]() ![]() To put it into perspective: as you might imagine, I get a fair amount of email. If your email provider has a limit to how much email can be kept, and you get a lot of email, then IMAP may not be for you. The biggest single practical difference between IMAP and the older POP3 is that with IMAP, your email is always left on your email service provider’s server. I’ll examine IMAP, how it compares to POP3, and when you might want to consider using it. IMAP is an alternative to POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3), works in some fundamentally different ways, and makes a few fundamentally different assumptions. It’s a fancy name for a protocol used by email programs like Outlook, Thunderbird, and others to access your email. ![]() IMAP stands for “Internet Message Access Protocol”.
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