IMAP and POP3

IMAP allows you to read emails as they appear on the hosting server. Any changes you make (delete, reply, forward, move) are seen by anyone else who logs into webmail or IMAP. This is the perfect solution for multiple users who need to access the same email account. This is also perfect for anyone who needs to access one email account from multiple devices at the same or different times.

POP3 allows you to download copies of your email messages to your personal computer. Any changes you make will NOT be seen by anyone else who accesses the email account (because you are only making changes to local copies). The copies of the email messages on the server are normally unchanged, but it is very easy to unintentionally setup your POP3 access to delete those server copies whenever you download the emails. This is a perfect solution for a user who has very limited time to be online, but needs to spend lots of time reading emails. This is also a perfect solution for anyone who needs to archive permanent copies of their emails.