Choosing an email protocol is part of setting up an email client. Two common email protocols are IMAP and POP. Email clients use both to manage emails and folders. While they serve the same purpose, there are some striking differences between them.

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IMAP

IMAP, short for Internet Message Access Protocol, allows access to email from many different devices. It does this by keeping email data stored on a server, instead of the user's machine. When a device accesses the email account, the server will pull the up-to-date information for the device.

The device then downloads it and lets you interact with the email. If you make changes to the email - whether deleting it, sending a new email, etc. - the new changes will be uploaded to the server. Essentially, emails are 'synced' across devices. Any device that accesses an email client using IMAP will get the most recent iteration of the email mailbox.

In short, the changes you make to your email client on one device will still be in place when you access the email client from another device.

IMAP ports:

POP

POP (Post Office Protocol) was built for dial-up connections. The mail was stored on your computer instead of on the server so that you could read and respond while you were not connected to the internet. However, with the modern, 'always-on' internet connections, this functionality is rarely needed anymore.

POP works well for single, dedicated devices with spotty internet connection because, while IMAP 'syncs' data between multiple devices, POP does not.

The majority of emails using POP are stored on the user's machine. Only incoming emails are stored on the server. By default, once the email account is accessed from another device, the server immediately hands the new emails over and deletes them on their end. This leaves the only copy of the new email on the device.

If another device accesses the email, it will not have access to the email that was downloaded on the previous device.

If POP is left to its default settings, each device using POP may end up with differences in their email.

While it is possible to configure POP3 (the most recent version of POP) to keep email data stored on the server, this only applies to email messages. Customizations, like marking an email as read and unread, are not stored on the server and are not synced across devices. However, this configuration is client-specific, so every client you use will need to be configured separately.

POP3 ports:

IMAP vs POP Overview

Here's a quick cheat sheet of the differences between IMAP and POP.

Which Email Protocol Should You Use?

You may still be considering what email protocol to use.

If you're on the fence, we recommend using IMAP. Since it works with multiple devices, it's accessible even if you lose the original device. It also makes it easier to set up email customizations that will span across all devices.

However, we have compiled some use cases that might help inform your decision:

You use multiple devices to access your mail

You should use IMAP.

IMAP keeps your email account consistent across devices, so you never have to worry about your email accounts being out-of-date or differing from device to device.

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You only use one device to access your email

You could use POP3, but we recommend IMAP

While POP3 can work well for single devices, IMAP is the better option in case you ever need to use a new device. If you are using POP3 and lose access to your main device, you would also lose access to all your past emails.

That's why we recommend using IMAP in this instance, instead of POP3.

You are trying to conserve space on your server

You should use POP3.

POP3 only stores new emails on the server end. When a device access the email account, the server sends the email data to the device and then scrubs the data from its memory. IMAP stores all the email data on the server, which can potentially use a lot of disk space.

You use custom folders

IMAP and POP have different ways of dealing with folders. Since both options have a sort of storage system, we recommend IMAP.

IMAP

IMAP has two different types of folders: private and public ones. Private folders only exist on the client side (your device), while public folders are available to any device that connects to the email account.

POP

POP keeps all folders on the client side. This means that folders are only available from the device they were created on. Any other devices that access the email account will not have access to the folders.

You want to set up server-side delivery rules

You should use IMAP.

IMAP filters the mail on the server side so that it is already sorted when a device accesses it.

POP server-side sorting works, but it will not download email that has been sorted outside of the Inbox folder.

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Packard Bell is a Dutch-based computer manufacturing company and subsidiary of Acer. The brand name originally belonged to an American radio set manufacturer, Packard Bell Corporation, founded by Herbert 'Herb' A. Bell and Leon S. Packard in 1933. In 1986, Israeli investors bought the brand from Teledyne, in order to name their newly formed personal computer manufacturing company producing discount computers in the United States and Canada. In the late 1990s, Packard Bell became a subsidiary of NEC. In 2000, Packard Bell stopped its North American operations and became a leading brand in the European PC markets. In 2008 it was acquired by the Taiwanese consumer electronic firm Acer in the aftermath of its takeover of Gateway, Inc. Gateway products are now sold in the Americas and Asia, while Packard Bell products are sold in Africa, Europe and the Middle East.

History[edit]

In 1986, Beny Alagem, Larry Metz and a group of other Israeli investors bought the American former radio and television set brand from Teledyne^[1][2] and resurrected it as a manufacturer of low-cost personal computers. Their computers were among the first IBM PC compatibles sold in retail chains such as Sears.^[3]

According to Fortune magazine, Packard Bell sometimes benefited from misplaced name recognition, with consumers (especially first-time computer buyers) and even some salespeople erroneously associating the company with others of a similar name, such as Hewlett-Packard, Pacific Bell, and Bell Laboratories. The confusion was further facilitated by Packard Bell's then-current slogan, 'America grew up listening to us. It still does.'^[3] The company also sold nearly identical systems under different names, making comparison difficult.

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Aside from low price and brand confusion, Packard Bell's success in number of units sold may have come from two areas of innovation: 1) branding and industrial design, provided by the San Francisco offices of frog design; and 2) its boot-up shell Packard Bell Navigator, created by The Pixel Company in Seattle. They targeted a huge section of consumers who were inexperienced using computers. Frog design gave the look of quality and utilized innovations such as color-coding cable connectors, while Navigator provided the ability for users to launch installed programs by clicking on-screen buttons, and then later a house metaphor.^[4] During this phase, returns dropped from 19% to 10%, and sales grew exponentially.^{[citation needed]}

In late 1995 to early 1996 Microsoft forced boot-up shells off OEM computers by updating its Microsoft Windows distribution agreement (OPK 2) and Packard Bell, without a clear on-shelf differentiator, saw sales begin to decrease.^{[citation needed]} Also in 1995, Compaq sued Packard Bell for not disclosing that Packard Bell computers incorporated used parts. This practice was, in fact, widespread in the computer industry, including Compaq itself. However, unlike its rival companies, Packard Bell was judged not to have advertised the practice sufficiently in its warranties (Compaq, for instance, disclosed it in the warranty statement).^[5]

In 1995, Packard Bell acquired Zenith Data Systems from Groupe Bull in a deal which saw Groupe Bull and NEC taking a larger stake in Packard Bell^[6] to create a $4.5 billion company. The company then became integrated with NEC Computers. Its 15% market share made it the largest PC manufacturer, in terms of units shipped, in the United States.^{[citation needed]} However, Compaq overtook it in retail sales in mid-1996, and cemented its lead the next year with the release of a $999 PC in March 1997.^{[citation needed]}

Packard Bell posted losses totaling more than $1 billion in 1997 and 1998. In the U.S., price pressure from Compaq and, later, eMachines, along with continued poor showings in consumer satisfaction surveys made it difficult for the company to remain profitable and led to Alagem's departure in 1998.^{[citation needed]} In 1999, NEC began withdrawing the Packard Bell name from the U.S. market, while keeping it in Europe, where the brand was untainted by allegations of sub-standard quality.^[7]

Sponsorship[edit]

From 1996 until 2000, when Strongbow took over the contract, Packard Bell sponsored English football club Leeds United.

From 2009 to 2010, the name Packard Bell has been seen on the FIATYamaha MotoGP racebike of World Champion Valentino Rossi of Italy.^[8] Packard Bell also dropped their sponsorship from the 4Kings professional electronic sports team.

US Relaunch[edit]

In August 2015, JMM Lee Properties purchased the North American trademark for Packard Bell from Acer with plans to reintroduce the brand.^[9][10] Later in January 2018, Southern Telecom purchased the trademark from JMM Lee Properties to relaunch the brand.^[10]

On October 14, 2016, PBX Holdings acquired the United States Packard Bell trademark and began manufacturing Packard Bell products in 2017.^{[citation needed]} In June 2017, JCPenney revealed that they would begin selling a line of Packard Bell laptops as part of their expansion into the dormitory market.^[11] PBX is set to expand the brand into home automation and gaming accessories with product launches set for the holiday 2018 season.^{[citation needed]}

References[edit]

1. ^BetaNews | NEC Sells Packard Bell to Calif. Investor
2. ^Packard Bell Branding History --Tedium
3. ^ ^abSprout, Alison L.; Coxeter, Ruth M. (June 12, 1995). 'Packard Bell sells more PC's in the U.S. than anyone, so just who are these guys?'. Fortune. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
4. ^Lineback, Nathan. 'Packard Bell Navigator Version 1.1'. Toasty Technology GUI Gallery. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
5. ^'Packard Bell Suing Compaq'. Chicago Tribune. 11 October 1995. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
6. ^Berley, Max (8 February 1996). 'Groupe Bull Quits PCs in 3-Way Deal'. International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on 25 October 2005. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
7. ^NEC disables Packard Bell NEC, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
8. ^'Packard Bell sponsor of Yamaha Factory Racing Team Changeover of sponsorship from Acer'. Acer Group. 2 February 2009. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
9. ^'Packard Bell Brand to be Reintroduced on U.S. Computers and Tablets'. PRWeb. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
10. ^ ^ab'Southern Telecom Relaunching Packard Bell Brand in North America'. Licensing International. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
11. ^Garcia, Tonya (June 6, 2017). 'J.C. Penney to open dorm shops in 500 stores'. MarketWatch.

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