Different ways to watch the mail
POP3
Post Office Protocol - classic and in my opinion an endangered protocol, it is used by old classic mail programs (email clients).- POP - to receive mail,
- SMTP - for sending messages.
- install the mail program (mail client),
- set up an account,
- connect to the Internet,
- download all new messages,
- disconnect from the Internet,
- we work with the received mail.
IMAP
(Internet Message Access Protocol - Protocol for accessing e-mail of the Internet)- application-level protocol for accessing e-mail.
The difference between this protocol and POP3 is that you do not download all the letters, but only a list and only downloading the necessary letter download it.
- install the mail program (mail client),
- set up an account,
- connect to the Internet,
- download all HEADING letters (not the letters themselves),
- upload only those messages we want.
Web interface or browser
We just go to the site of the mail service and go to your account.It is very convenient if you have unlimited Internet. Why to install a computer mail program, let everything be to the site.
So we can look at mail from any place, would be the Internet. Moreover, to send letters all the same you need the Internet.