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Home > Support > POP/IMAP Accounts
Post Office Protocol (POP) and Internet Message Access Protocol
(IMAP) is a widely used method for retrieving e-mail. Using
POP is most suited for situations where you access your email
from just one machine. IMAP is more appropriate if you access
your email from multiple computers. A POP-enabled e-mail program
simply checks your email at specified intervals and by connecting
and subsequently disconnecting from a pop server. During this
process, any new email is removed from the pop server and
downloaded locally to your personal computer. Because your
email is downloaded to your computer, it is available for
you to read even though your computer may not be connected
to the Internet.
Contrary to POP, IMAP connects to an imap server and stays
connected as long as you have your email program open. Any
new messages will show up in your INBOX but will not be downloaded.
This is convenient to screen your email and only download
the messages that you actually need which may be useful on
slower Internet connections. IMAP uses "message flags"
that allow you to ensure that no matter where you check your
email you know which messages you've replied to, which you
flagged for deletion, and which messages you have not read.
Many IMAP programs allow you to keep a cached copy of email
locally that you have downloaded (i.e. read) although in general,
it is best to be sure you are connected to the Internet when
accessing your e-mail.
Beantree provides both POP and IMAP services for each account.
If your primary domain name you receive email is called mydomain.com
then you can set your email software to access your e-mail
using the server name "mail.mydomain.com".
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