Pop3

[Jeremy Fowler]

You don't even need a client with either server. Just telnet to port 110
(POP3) or 143 (IMAP) and issue commands that way. Look at RFC 1939 (POP3
commands and error codes) and RFC 1730 (IMAP commands) for more
information.

All in all it depends on the application whether it supports it or not.
-Jeremy

Jeremy Fowler
801 W. 47th St, Suite 500
Kansas City, MO 64112
Phone: (816) 842-8222
Fax: (816) 842-3081
jfowler at westrope.com

>>> "Brian Densmore" <DensmoreB at ctbsonline.com> 04/04/02 10:08AM >>>

From:	Brian Densmore" <DensmoreB at ctbsonline.com>
Sent:	Thursday, April 04, 2002 10:08 AM
To:	Jeremy Fowler" <JFowler at westrope.com>
Subject:	RE: Pop3
Priority:	Normal

Right, thanks. But, to view pop "online" you must do that from inside
a
mail client. Right? With IMAP it could be done with a yahoo type
webmail
program, like sqwebmail, right? Or do you need a mail client for IMAP
too? I know mail clients support it, but some are broken.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy Fowler [mailto:JFowler at westrope.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 10:03 AM
> To: Brian Densmore; kclug at kclug.org 
> Subject: RE: Pop3
> 
> 
> POP3 is used mainly to download all your email to a local mailbox
for
> reading. Usually it downloads all your email and then removes 
> everything
> from your mailbox on the server.
> 
> IMAP is used to store all your email on the server and then 
> you connect
> with an IMAP client to the server to read your email. Messages in
your
> mailbox don't get deleted until you delete them from your client.
> Everything is stored on the server and there usually isn't a local
> mailbox.
> 
> However, both have overlapping features and can sometimes be 
> configured
> to mimic each other. Reading your mail with POP3 without downloading
> (POP3 checks), and storing a local copy of your IMAP mailbox 
> for caching
> purposes (offline viewing).
> 
> -Jeremy 
> 
> Jeremy Fowler
> 801 W. 47th St, Suite 500
> Kansas City, MO 64112
> Phone: (816) 842-8222
> Fax: (816) 842-3081
> jfowler at westrope.com 
> 
> >>> "Brian Densmore" <DensmoreB at ctbsonline.com> 04/04/02 09:25AM >>>
> 
> From:	Brian Densmore" <DensmoreB at ctbsonline.com>
> Sent:	Thursday, April 04, 2002 9:25 AM
> To:	<kclug at kclug.org>
> Subject:	RE: Pop3
> Priority:	Normal
> 
> Not to divert the topic, but this has been bugging me for a while.
> 
> Why pop3? Or why IMAP?
> Which one to use and why?
> I really haven't seen any sane discussions on the subject.
> 
> An enquiring mind wants to know,
> Brian
> 
> 
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