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.
IMAP is short for Internet Message Access Protocol. IMAP is a mail retrieval protocol that was developed as a more sophisticated alternative to POP3 . POP3 Stands for post office protocol and was used earlier.
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E-mail account type is consist of two protocols. First, the POP3 Post Office Protocol 3 or POP3 and the IMAP With an Internet Message Access Protocol or IMAP.
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..
Along with POP3, IMAP is one of two prevailing electronic mail protocols. IMAP is an acronym for Internet Message Access Protocol. It is is an Application Layer Internet protocol, meaning that it allows an e-mail client application to access electronic mail on a remote mail server. IMAP differs from the other prevailing e-mail protocol, POP3, in that the client's e-mail is retained in a set of private message directories on the IMAP mail server itself. This allows messages to be easily synchronized across multiple e-mail clients on multiple devices. POP3 protocol delivers messages to the client application for storage on the client device. Messages are subsequently deleted from the POP3 server, making synchronization of multiple devices more difficult. POP3 was the preferred e-mail protocol when server power and storage capacity were at a premium, and before the rise of ubiquitous Internet-enabled mobile devices. More recently, IMAP has supplanted POP3 as the most predominant e-mail protocol. All web-mail services (GMail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, etc.) are based on IMAP. Microsoft Exchange is also a form of IMAP. Today, nearly all Internet and private electronic mail servers support IMAP.
The email protocol with the highest download speed is IMAP which also offers the most features. Another email protocol is 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.
Barid.com offers Free IMAP and POP3, It is also in Arabic.
SMTP (simple transfer mail protocol) which is used as the outgoing mail server and it uses port number :25 POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3) is the most recent version of a standard protocol for receiving e-mail. POP3 is a client/server protocol in which e-mail is received and held for you by your Internet server and it uses port 110