As you learned yesterday, working with Gmail can be a lot nicer if you use a desktop e-mail program instead of Gmail’s Web-based interface. A key question that remains is whether to use the POP or ...

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POP, the Post Office Protocol, has been the long-standing mail retrieval protocol for TCP/IP networks. But it’s started showing its age at a time when users are becoming more mobile, accessing mail ...

I've been using Outlook Express since I installed XP, which gets the job done, but isn't nearly perfect. For one thing, I can't rename the Sent Items folder.<BR><BR>Anyway, all I really want is a ...

Lately, I’ve noticed quite a few stories and discussions online centering around the always popular debate about whether to use IMAP or POP3 for email. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, IMAP ...

Email client applications use Internet Message Access Protocol to open email messages stored on a remote Web server. For example, you can set up email client apps like Apple Mail to view business ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Encrypted email service ProtonMail has come a long way since its global ...

Businesses looking to maintain an Internet presence can use Yahoo's services to host their websites and email. While Yahoo's Web mail program is well known, they also allow you to connect to your ...

The user-guides for most email-clients state that TLS is preferrable to SSL. But I'm confused because the written explanations are conflicting -- some say SSLv3 has been compromised and should no ...

For the past few days, an issue with Microsoft's Outlook service is affecting numerous third-party email clients. It results in problems when authenticating accounts and exchanging emails. Internet ...

I might be a dinosaur, but email is still my jam. I prefer communicating via email to any other means of interaction (other than face-to-face). Email is efficient, used globally, isn't OS-dependent, ...