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What are the differences between POP3 and IMAP?

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Mar 15, 20269940 views
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Many email providers ask me if I'm interested in using POP3, or IMAP. What exactly are these and when should I consider using them?

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IMAP is fantastic if you are using the same email account on multiple devices, such as a desktop PC, mobile phone, laptop and web interface. Whenever you read an email on one device, that is synced to the IMAP server and then synced down to all the …

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