June 1, 2015 - Hammondsport Mac Users Group ATTENDING : Tom B, Gene N, John M, Larry T, Al J, George F, Dotti E, Russ C and Jerry L. TOPIC : E-MAIL
POP (Post Office Protocol) - gets your mail IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) - shares a shortcut to your mail kept on the server SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) - sends your mail The original protocol is POP. It was created in 1984 as a means to download emails from a remote server. IMAP was designed in 1986 to allow remote access to emails stored on a remote server. Essentially, the main difference of the two protocols is that POP downloads emails from the server for permanent local storage, while IMAP leaves them on the server and just caches (temporarily stores) emails locally. In other words, IMAP is a form of cloud storage.
SOME GOOD RESOURCES FOR HELP :
MAC SUPPORT - great help sites for all Mac Apps, Operating Systems, Hardware, including Mail
HELP - find answers to many Mac user questions at the end of every Desktop Menu bar by clicking 'Help' - you don't even need to be connected to the internet to access this data - Note: there is a unique 'Help' link for each App.
MACMOST - good fast-moving video tutorials about using the Apple Mail app.
LINK to an earlier HMUG meeting (2010) discussing E-Mail - lots of tips
OTHER TOPICS OF DISCUSSION
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