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What's the difference between POP and IMAP?
I use Gmail in the browser and a Blackberry to read most of my messages, so what's the real advantage of enabling IMAP?
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Inappropriate?It depends on how you use your mail. If you want access to your mail while you are offline, POP is probably better. If you want access to your mail from multiple computers, IMAP may be better.
A Google search for 'pop imap' returns a large number of informative pages which describe the differences. Here are two:
http://www.washington.edu/computing/w...
http://www.colorado.edu/its/docs/emai...
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Inappropriate?am i still able to delete messages from gmail on my phone with POP, or is IMAP the only option for that feature? -
Inappropriate?With POP you can only effect the local files pulled down from gmail. Where as IMAP essentially syncs your mail accounts. For a global delete I think you're looking for IMAP.
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Inappropriate?thanks homay.
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