{"id":540,"date":"2019-07-09T13:57:29","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T11:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=540"},"modified":"2020-06-29T11:52:40","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T09:52:40","slug":"should-i-configure-my-email-with-pop-or-imap-basic-mail","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/kb\/should-i-configure-my-email-with-pop-or-imap-basic-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"POP or IMAP? What type of configuration suits you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">IMAP<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> (Internet Message Access Protocol) and\u00a0 <\/span><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">POP<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> (Post Office Protocol) are protocols with which you can configure your e-mail in your mail client and manage your messages from that program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">IN THIS ARTICLE:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#verschil\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The difference between IMAP and POP<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#imap\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">When to choose IMAP?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#pop\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">When to choose POP?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"verschil\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The difference between IMAP and POP<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">With IMAP, actions are directly applied to your mailbox server. <\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">If you read an email on your phone, it is immediately marked as read on your mailbox server.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">With POP, the e-mails are downloaded to your devices and you manage them locally<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> . <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">If you read an e-mail on your phone, it will remain unread on your mailbox server. That is why you may find a lot of unopened mail when you log in via webmail.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"imap\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">When to choose IMAP?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">IMAP is recommended <\/span><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">if <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">\u00a0you use your mail on different devices<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> . If you read a message on your laptop, it will also be marked as &#8216;Read&#8217; on your iPhone \/ iPad. If you send a message from your laptop, it will also appear in the &#8216;Sent&#8217; folder on your iPhone \/ iPad and other devices.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"pop\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">When to choose POP?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">POP is strongly recommended in the following situations<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">When you want to keep a <\/span><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">local archive<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> of your messages. This prevents mail from being erased from the old server when you switch mail hosting providers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">When the <\/span><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">size of your mailbox is limited<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> and you want to store your mails locally.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">When you want to make sure you have a <\/span><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">backup copy<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> of your mails on the servers, in case you erase something important by mistake.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n    \t\t<div class=\"hts-messages hts-messages--info   hts-messages--withicon \"   >\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\t<p>\r\n    \t\t\t\t\tTip: you can automatically delete emails with a POP configuration. Some e-mail programs allow you to delete downloaded mails from the mailbox server so that they do not fill up. This is important to know, so<a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/kb\/delete-e-mails-from-the-server-with-a-pop-configuration\/\"> check your configuration<\/a>.    \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\r\n    \t\t<\/div><!-- \/.ht-shortcodes-messages -->\r\n    \t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) and\u00a0 POP (Post Office Protocol) are protocols with which you can configure your e-mail in your mail client and manage your messages from that program. IN THIS ARTICLE: The difference between IMAP and POP When to choose IMAP? When to choose POP? 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