We use mircsoft ourlook client to download email from email-server. It uses POP3 or IMAP protocol to download emails to client
The short answer is that IMAP can do everything that POP3 is capable of plus it allows you to create folders on our servers where your email is received and stored, as opposed to only on a client machine with POP3. Using IMAP, you create a single folder organization for storing your email, and any IMAP client (from any machine you use) will see that same structure. If you check email from several different machines, you see the same folder structure and messages from each machine. And, if you choose to have copies of your email on your home computer similar to POP3, IMAP allows you to synchronize your home computer with your email on our servers by pulling a copy of your email onto your local machine. Unlike POP3, your messages won't tend to get scattered among the various machines you use to check email.
The IMAP protocol differs from the POP3 protocol is that the IMAP doesnt require the user to download all the emails to the PC to check for new emails. It is also much easier to distinguish between read and unread emails while using the IMAP as oppose to the POP3. Some other difference is the IMAP is that you can create multiple email accounts from the PC where as the POP3 requires new email accounts to be created on the server. Another difference is that with IMAP emails can be deleted directly through the server where as the POP3 emails are deleted on the PC.
It can be POP3, IMAP4 and Microsoft Exchange.
Many email systems can now be accessed using only a Web browser. There is no need to install client email software of any kind. Logically, Web browser interfaces to email are like IMAP, in that all the messages remain on the server unless explicitly deleted. (Message copies can be saved on the client computer.)
POP3 is actually Post Office Protocol 3 which is an enhanced version of the standard protocol for receiving email. POP3 is a client/server protocol in which the email can be received. There are other protocols such as Internet Message Access Protocol(IMAP) Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). if this answer is wrong,correct me..
pop3 and imap (all i know of)
There are probably lots of reasons! These may include: Email forwarding POP3 IMAP
vi /etc/dovecot.conf imap, pop.pop3
"Well, most email mailboxes use either POP3 or IMAP to retrieve your emails." Most email programs support both POP3 (Post Office Protocol) and IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) for pulling emails from a TCP/IP connection.
Simply go to the Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Web Client site to set up your VZW BlackBerry Web Client address at http://www.blackberry.com/go/vzw. The Web Client address is uniquely associated with the device, and there is an online mailbox that can be accessed as well. Once established, you may choose to integrate up to 10 email accounts that support POP3 or IMAP. Examples are: AOL, MSN, Hotmail
Barid.com offers Free IMAP and POP3, It is also in Arabic.