understanding how email technology works

Email as a technology has replaced the art of letter writing. We used to write a letter, pack it into an envelope, mention the receiver address along with the postal code on the envelope, also the sender Details on the envelope and send it to the local post office. The post office used to check the postal code and send the envelope to another postal office related to that postal code and that l...

understanding the difference between pop3 imap4

The obvious differences between the two protocols can be felt. POP3 mails are not limited by mail sizes as they get stored locally on your computer. Also because of less server storage space they are cheaper to support. But they make it difficult to export your emails if you decide to switch email programs or even operating systems. With IMAP you can just download them again. With IMAP, sent...