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Just recently saw an excellent editorial on the Domainmonster.com site.

Looks like this article gives you everything you need to know about the two protocols in simple terms to help you decide which one to use!

Hopefully this will mean that more people will use IMAP ... My personal preference.

You can read the article here:

POP3 vs IMAP - A Beginners Guide.

Discuss your opinions below!

Sam

For me it has to be IMAP!!

These days with so many different devices and work/home computers it simply wouldn't be possible for me to manage my affairs without access to historical emails from which ever client I used.

I appreciate I could do that with POP3 by leaving a copy on the server also but then you just duplicate bandwidth and have multiple copies of your mail which also could represent a security risk in some cases!

My vote definitely goes to IMAP!!

Chris

Chris wrote:For me it has to be IMAP!!

These days with so many different devices and work/home computers it simply wouldn't be possible for me to manage my affairs without access to historical emails from which ever client I used.

I appreciate I could do that with POP3 by leaving a copy on the server also but then you just duplicate bandwidth and have multiple copies of your mail which also could represent a security risk in some cases!

My vote definitely goes to IMAP!!

Chris

I agree Chris.

I use my email on my phone, desktop, laptop, iPad and Netbook.

Can't imagine what life would be like using POP3 on all those different devices!

Chris has a very valid point! in this day and age there is just no need for a POP mailbox any more.

I am all for IMAP!

The question is, would it be worth getting rid of POP mailboxes completely?

So so true.

I've got 2 laptops, a desktop, iPad, Phone and iPod all using the same mailbox.

POP3 just isn't practical any more in the multi-device world!