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IMAP versus POP3 email - which should I use? Print

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Any email stored in Outlook/AppleMail is also synchronized and stored on the web server when you use IMAP so you will run out of disk space on your hosting account if you intend on keeping your emails stored in Outlook/Applemail  - that is what IMAP does. POP3 only pops in and gets them and then deletes them from the server after downloading them to Outlook/AppleMail.

If you use IMAP you will probably run out of disk space on the web server.

If you use POP3 you will probably never run out of disk space on the web server because your email program is always cleaning up after you and deleting any downloaded and read messages.


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