Mail - glossary

IMAP
(Internet Message Access Protocol)
Application protocol 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 just open the necessary letter download it.

POP
(Post Office Protocol)
The protocol for receiving mail.

POP3
A classic and in my opinion an endangered protocol, it is used by old classic email programs (email clients).

• POP - to receive mail,
• SMTP - to send messages.

SMTP
(Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
The protocol for sending mail.

Offline access
(Wireless access)
Externally it looks as if you go to the mail through the site, only your mail is stored in your computer, when you enter the mail, changes are simply downloaded. If you change something in the offline version, it changes on the site (with the Internet connected). Everything looks the same. The advantage of this kind of mail usage makes sense if you do not always have access to the Internet.

HTML Mode
Now the mail services are made on Ajax technology, they are very effective and functional, but very heavy, which is very bad with slow access to the Internet. To do this, sometimes offer a simplified version in HTML mode.