POP3 vs IMAP - What's the difference?

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  • čas přidán 23. 05. 2024
  • What is POP and IMAP? How does email work? This is an animated video explaining the difference between POP and IMAP. These are email protocols that are used to retrieve email from an email client, such as Microsoft Outlook. Should I choose POP or IMAP? Which one is better?

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    • @sleepysheep792
      @sleepysheep792 Před rokem

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  • @imoxygn5757
    @imoxygn5757 Před 3 lety +43

    After successfully wasting 6 years of my life I understand the meaning of "no copy is left on the server" .Thanks Sir

  • @brunosousa6642
    @brunosousa6642 Před 4 lety +295

    MY GOD, so many years and now I completely understand the differences between this two protocol. Thank you!

  • @klwthe3rd
    @klwthe3rd Před 6 lety +688

    Serious this is the single best explanation on CZcams about the difference in these two mail protocols. I'm currently studying for my 10-006 network + exam and all my study material doesn't explain it this well. This channel is a great resource for anyone learning about networking concepts. Thanks!

    • @PowerCertAnimatedVideos
      @PowerCertAnimatedVideos  Před 6 lety +19

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      @jamesbreen7288 Před 5 lety +21

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    • @sunilkumargouda6353
      @sunilkumargouda6353 Před 4 lety +8

      @@PowerCertAnimatedVideos Please make more videos on computer hardware and networking. You explanation is excellent and full of informative

    • @BillAnt
      @BillAnt Před 4 lety +3

      The best explanation is: "POP goes the weasel and weasel goes POP!!" ... lol (by the way that was song by 3rd Base), but I think I'm going IMAP. ;)

    • @muthukgs1312
      @muthukgs1312 Před 4 lety

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  • @ChyeHeng17
    @ChyeHeng17 Před 6 lety +231

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    You set a very high standard for explainer videos.

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      @navkaur5987 Před 4 lety +4

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  • @SJ-hw7bx
    @SJ-hw7bx Před 5 lety +134

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    @fatimaiqra2169 Před rokem +1

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    @silkytp789 Před 3 lety +4

    Good content, good visuals, organized, great delivery. I always applaud well-thought-out content delivery and this video is not an exception.

  • @tourinojacks5844
    @tourinojacks5844 Před 4 lety +1

    Perfectly explained! Not only did you explain it, you also recapped as well. Love it!!

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    @filipposilva8677 Před 3 lety +23

    I'm seriously astonished at how great these explanations are. It's difficult to find something similar on youtube.

  • @rudolfhuijs4526
    @rudolfhuijs4526 Před 4 lety +5

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    @hrishikeshchowdhury6987 Před 4 lety +2

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  • @cberrier78
    @cberrier78 Před 4 lety +8

    I have always been confused as to what these mean when setting up my email accounts remotely on my personal devices. Another great video

  • @shashanksharma9350
    @shashanksharma9350 Před 4 lety +1

    I have never been able to understand that much clear explanation ever before. thanks for making such a informative video.

  • @montmn
    @montmn Před 5 lety +10

    I wish my professors were as clear in things. Very easy to understand video. I'm subscribing to learn more.

  • @VIVEKKUMAR-vg7xn
    @VIVEKKUMAR-vg7xn Před 5 lety +2

    One of the best CZcams channel.... Clear explanation is the best part

  • @nancybillings7055
    @nancybillings7055 Před 3 lety +3

    Thank you for this clear and concise explanation. This is the first time I have actually understood the two protocols and how to decide which one I should be using.

  • @syedarhamnaqvi8269
    @syedarhamnaqvi8269 Před 2 lety +2

    Absolutely wonderful explanations all around! It is so helpful how you not only provide an explanation/description of a technology and the way it works but then you immediately provide an example demonstrating the explanation.

  • @thelith1985
    @thelith1985 Před 5 lety +6

    The best best best explanation ever in youtube, simple, clear and direct to the point.

  • @debashishpaul8342
    @debashishpaul8342 Před 2 lety

    One of the best explanation about the difference between IMAP and POP3 mail protocols. It was so easy to understand your explanation. Great work!!

  • @AlisonStreetDesigns
    @AlisonStreetDesigns Před 4 lety +5

    Best tutorial on POP3 vs IMAP that I have found.

  • @hemantjaiswal3168
    @hemantjaiswal3168 Před 5 lety +4

    Wow! Too good I must say. Amazingly explained the difference. The way it was elaborated was fantastic.

  • @khadijaomer1261
    @khadijaomer1261 Před 2 lety

    This video is just what everyone needs to get a hold on understanding what is and what the difference is.
    Great content and on point visual explanation.
    Thank you!

  • @tomcat716
    @tomcat716 Před 2 lety

    At last! I finally understand what pop3 & IMAP are. Thanks so much.

  • @vijaysharma-nn9th
    @vijaysharma-nn9th Před 5 lety +2

    The way of explanation is simple & elegant

  • @drasil5242
    @drasil5242 Před 6 lety +6

    Thank you for always speaking clearly and in a way that a tech beginner can understand!

  • @flightofthecondor
    @flightofthecondor Před 4 lety +6

    Very well explained, especially the technical and practical aspects.
    I've been using the Internet since 1996/1997, when we only had dialup Internet access, so my e-mail client Netscape mail and Outlook Express used POP to download e-mails from my mailbox and then hang up when done. Ditto when sending mail. As you rightly pointed out, with POP the downloaded e-mail resides on the client and is still accessible on the client even without an Internet connection. I make it a point to regularly back up the messages, addresses and settings of my e-mail client and move it to external storage.
    Since then I have continued to use mostly POP to access my personal e-mail even over an always-connected fibre connection but I have begun to use IMAP for e-mail accessed by parties or devices, such as association or business e-mail. A slight disadvantage is that it takes a bit longer to download all the content, especially attachments with an e-mail message, than with POP e-mail, but that's not a major issue. Of course, if my Internet connection is down, it will certainly be an issue with accessing IMAP e-mail messages, though in that case, being unable to download or send POP e-mail without an Internet connections is not very much better.

    • @yanair2091
      @yanair2091 Před 4 lety

      "A slight disadvantage is that it takes a bit longer to download all the content, ..."
      I don't think this is much of an issue, especially not back then when the internet connections were much slower than today.

  • @dep4u
    @dep4u Před 5 lety +1

    Thanks. Your clear narration and animation makes it easy to understand.

  • @JAMxxxx
    @JAMxxxx Před 2 lety +2

    Brilliant! 10/10. All the effort you have gone to in preparing this material is greatly appreciated. It couldn't be clearer.

  • @lisabrown3438
    @lisabrown3438 Před 3 lety +1

    Oh I'm subscribing! This was a clear and easy to understand explanation. So grateful for your help here.

  • @danbutler3757
    @danbutler3757 Před 2 lety

    Excellent explanation for someone who is not computer savvy, I agree with Kenneth and keep on doing what you're doing great job!

  • @blog.pymastery
    @blog.pymastery Před 6 lety +18

    First of all, thank you so much.
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    @timsweet4424 Před 2 lety

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    @solotush34 Před 6 lety

    I M from Ethiopia i hear your speech is clear and the animation is simple to understand You are my instructor thanks guys

  • @E3ECO
    @E3ECO Před 3 lety +1

    Great explanation! I didn't really know what my email clients were doing until now.

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    @nur.md.akib.1996 Před 2 lety

    till the best animated and explained tutorials anywhere on the net! Keep up the good work!

  • @samudisulara19
    @samudisulara19 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank u . I am a university student of sri lanka . This vedio is very important for me . Thanks again.

  • @ArjunThatai
    @ArjunThatai Před 3 lety +2

    I have never come across a video on CZcams that explains this well. Thank you.

  • @tranduy8553
    @tranduy8553 Před 2 lety

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  • @fahadreda3060
    @fahadreda3060 Před 3 lety +1

    One of the best channel that explains REALLY WELL , THANKS FOR ALL THE VIDEOS

  • @whitehatsolutions
    @whitehatsolutions Před rokem +1

    Your videos are really helpful for the people who wants to understand that how these stuffs are actually working.

  • @planb7744
    @planb7744 Před 2 lety +2

    Great explanation about differences between this two protocol and thank you for subtitles!!

  • @user-vp6yb9tb6c
    @user-vp6yb9tb6c Před 5 měsíci

    Awesomely explained!!! Much appreciate!! really simple, crisp, to the point essential and full of essence of these two protocol shared

  • @billp5793
    @billp5793 Před rokem +1

    Very helpful, very well explained! Thank you for all of your efforts in posting this.

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    @alekseishevelev4758 Před 6 lety +3

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    @iqbaleshar532 Před 4 lety +1

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    @ranhat2 Před 4 lety

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    @RajeshGangurde Před 3 lety +2

    I like the simple teaching, you are so good in explaining technical things.

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    @BijouBakson Před 2 lety

    Wow! I struggled with this a while back. Things we take for granted. Thank you so much, this helped a lot.

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    @omkarthete9305 Před rokem +1

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    @yahorhancharyk2443 Před 6 lety +60

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    @erkamran7167 Před 2 lety

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    @hl-qz1ec Před 3 lety

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  • @waynezahra9213
    @waynezahra9213 Před 3 lety +1

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  • @1albumamonth
    @1albumamonth Před 4 lety

    Amazing video, I finally understand! You were clear and concise, which is super appreciated

  • @bulcub
    @bulcub Před 5 lety

    Wonderfully taught! I prefer imap since I use gmail alot, makes it easier to delete from both locations and I like that I can sync all of my folders when using it in outlook.

  • @dennisserueda4738
    @dennisserueda4738 Před 5 lety +1

    Thanks. You explained better than other videos that I found.

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    @mytube1010100 Před 2 lety

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    @Bharath-wb8uy Před 3 lety

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  • @jyoules9833
    @jyoules9833 Před 5 lety

    Thank you for this excellent explanation, I have seen several before but this is the first that really makes sense!
    Since my email client (Forte Agent) only works with POP3 I don't use IMAP, but I'm not sure how IMAP would work when I have email accounts with several providers and I often create and merge folders in FA.
    You mentioned that POP3 deletes emails as it downloads them - however all my mbxs on websites have emails going back years, I suspect that is because I use the FA option not to delete messages on the website as they are read.

  • @MrThresher7
    @MrThresher7 Před 4 lety +1

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  • @onurguzel16
    @onurguzel16 Před 3 lety

    Many mail clients have an option to leave the original mail copy on mail server even with POP3. Great detail. Btw, Gmail Pop3 configuration keeps mail on server even after retrieval, by default.

  • @markathompson
    @markathompson Před 5 lety +5

    you are a great teacher ...very informative ..... KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK SIR

  • @michaelalexanderbird5589
    @michaelalexanderbird5589 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you for keeping it straight to the point and precise.

  • @gokul534
    @gokul534 Před 6 lety +2

    Expecting more IT explanation videos from you guys.

  • @carbon60unit
    @carbon60unit Před 2 lety +4

    Very clean explanation of the differences, however, you left out one aspect:
    IMAP Advantage: The mail stays on the server. Disadvantage: The mail stays on the server.
    If one is concerned with privacy, one does not want one's mail sitting there on someone else's server. With POP, your mail is moved to your control (for better or worse...)

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    @user-bc8ut2sw7w Před 3 lety

    The best chanel I ever visited. Thank you so much for the knowledge!

  • @stewartw.9151
    @stewartw.9151 Před 3 lety +1

    Good and clear explanation!
    The problem with IMAP however, as I have found after 23 years in the IT business, is that many clients want to use IMAP for use with multiple devices, but will not remember that IMAP will most assuredly cause their mailbox on the server to fill up with old mail messages and eventually people trying to send to your email address will receive the message "Recipient mailbox is full". Like a bucket under a dripping water tap, the bucket will finally overflow unless some or all of the water in it is emptied periodically.
    It does not really matter how large the allocation of space for the mailbox may be, over enough time and enough incoming messages this invariably becomes a problem because users/clients do not manage their email correctly.

    • @shaggydawg5419
      @shaggydawg5419 Před 3 lety +2

      I have a few users who send/receive approximately 15 to 20GB every 1 year. Yes, I agree, their mailboxes will hit the (50GB) limit in a couple of years. Mailbox limit used to be 10 to 20 MB about 25 years ago. It has multiplied by a large number but users now send hundreds of MB attachments every day.

    • @stewartw.9151
      @stewartw.9151 Před 3 lety +1

      @@shaggydawg5419 Where I am located that space of 50GB would cost a bundle on any commercially available server. With that allocation of space many problems that I see would be mostly solved, but even clients who have large space (in our terms that would be 20GB) do not want to pay for it and even after being advised to manage their space allocation, the problem can remain. We then get the complaint "My email doesn't work anymore!"

  • @RealityCheck6T9
    @RealityCheck6T9 Před 4 lety

    Very clear explanation. Thank you very much. Now to watch the rest of your videos.

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    @at_tap Před 5 lety

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    @ericmartinezdesign Před rokem +1

    This was something I did wonder about. Thanks for sharing! I learned something!

  • @anserali9677
    @anserali9677 Před 4 lety

    Extremely clear and on point explanation.... thanks a lot

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    @dimitriskoyonos5065 Před 4 lety

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    @davidkarle8265 Před 4 lety +1

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    @hillybill Před 4 lety +1

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    @abhinavkumar8396 Před 2 lety

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    @KrishnaPrasad-nq5xp Před 6 lety +3

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    @arunprasanth3653 Před 5 lety +1

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    @casehruza3133 Před 2 lety +1

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    @karthick8810 Před 4 lety +1

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  • @SrijitSen1
    @SrijitSen1 Před 5 lety

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  • @sandipmitra5402
    @sandipmitra5402 Před měsícem

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  • @Happy2bAmerican
    @Happy2bAmerican Před 3 lety

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  • @nisarpatel6665
    @nisarpatel6665 Před 5 lety +1

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  • @interstellar10
    @interstellar10 Před 2 lety

    As always, excellent video & explanation! Thank you!!

  • @urbansnipertn
    @urbansnipertn Před rokem

    Thank you ! You really explained very well how the IMAP and POP3 works ..