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Just like most other things on the internet, email too is based on the client-server model and POP is the language used in the communication between an email clients and a server.
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FYI, the Post Office Protocol is employed only for downloading emails and goes hand in hand with SMTP or the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol which is used for sending emails. POP enabled email account can also be accessed via a web browser as long as the service provider has put up an interface (a graphical user interface, usually) through which the account can be managed.
servers, allow messages to be given one or more tags whose meaning is up to the client. Adding user created tags to messages is an operation supported by some web-based email services, such as Gmail.
Server-side searches
IMAP4 provides a mechanism for a client to ask the server to search for messages meeting a variety of criteria. This mechanism avoids requiring clients to download every message in the mailbox in order to perform these searches.
You can use either the webmail interface or an email client. Check our tutorial on how to use cPanel webmail. If you decide to use an email client, such as Microsoft Outlook Express, MS Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird and Eudora, here are the settings you need:
Incoming mail server (POP3/IMAP server): mail.yourdomain.com Outgoing mail server (SMTP server): mail.yourdomain.com Or Host: mail.yourdomain.com Username: the full e-mail address. Example: you@yourdomain.com instead of you. Password: Assigned in cPanel -> Email -> Manage/Add/Remove Accounts. SMTP authentication must be enabled for the login to be successful.*
If you have your domain pointed to an external server and the MX record is resolving to one of the SiteGround servers use the server name as the Incoming/Outgoing mail server. You can also use secure authentication to your mail server.
Email ports
The POP3 port for inbound emails is 110 (995 if you want to use secured POP3) And the IMAP port for inbound emails is 143 (993 if you want to use secured IMAP) The SMTP port for outbound emails is 25 or 2525 (465 if you want to use secured SMTP)
Learn how to set your email clients to work with your webmail account:
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Email protocols
What is POP3? Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3) is a standard mail protocol used to receive emails from a remote server to a local email client. POP3 allows you to download email messages on your local computer and read them even when you are offline. What is IMAP? The Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) is a mail protocol used for accessing email on a remote web server from a local client. IMAP and POP3 are the two most commonly used Internet mail protocols for retrieving emails. Both protocols are supported by all modern email clients and web servers.
Main difference between IMAP and POP3: The POP3 protocol assumes that there is only one client connected to the mailbox. In contrast, the IMAP protocol allows simultaneous access by multiple clients. IMAP is suitable for you if your mailbox is about to be managed by multiple users. What is SMTP? Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is the standard protocol for sending emails across the Internet. SMTP uses TCP port 25 or 2525 and sometimes you can have problems to send your messages in case your ISP has closed port 25 (How to check if port 25 is open?). To determine the SMTP server for a given domain name, the MX (Mail eXchange) DNS record is used.