POP vs IMAP..should be easy but..
All home home desktop computer email accounts are IMAP to keep in step with my Laptop, phone and shop computer.. Although my wife's email account on the home computer is IMAP she doesn't want anything...
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IMAP: email is left on the server. If you delete an email (using any device) then that email is gone for good.
POP: email is downloaded to the your machine - BUT only that one machine. AND the email is left on the server so that it can be downloaded again by another machine.
Your email client (such as Thunderbird) can be set to leave the POP email on the server forever, or, to delete the email after a set certain period of time.
Warning: if you use POP and leave email on the server without a time limit, AND then use a new machine (such as a laptop) to download emails - it will retrieve all emails left on that server from the beginning of time.
You might like POP if you don't have a firm grasp on it.
POP: email is downloaded to the your machine - BUT only that one machine. AND the email is left on the server so that it can be downloaded again by another machine.
Your email client (such as Thunderbird) can be set to leave the POP email on the server forever, or, to delete the email after a set certain period of time.
Warning: if you use POP and leave email on the server without a time limit, AND then use a new machine (such as a laptop) to download emails - it will retrieve all emails left on that server from the beginning of time.
You might like POP if you don't have a firm grasp on it.
