Re: What is IMAP ?
| From: | Michael Talbot-Wilson | Date: | Tue, 05 Dec 2000 21:11:44 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: What is IMAP ? | ||
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> A less sophisticated protocol is Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3). With
> POP3, your mail is saved for you in your mail box on the server. When you
> read your mail, all of it is immediately downloaded to your computer and no
> longer maintained on the server.
No, that is how POP3 clients often use POP3. Don't confuse the
protocol with the incidental behavior of the client (the protocol
commands it happens to issue).