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UP TO SPEED POP, IMAP, AND WEB-BASED
MAIL

There are three kinds of email accounts—and Windows 10
Mail works with all of them.

Web-based mail. Some email accounts are designed to be

accessed on a website, like the free accounts offered by Gmail,
Yahoo, Hotmail, or Outlook.com.

IMAP accounts (Internet Message Access Protocol) are the
latest type, and they’re surging in popularity. IMAP servers

keep all your mail online, rather than storing it solely on your
computer; as a result, you can access the same mail from any

computer (or phone), and you’ll always see the same lists of
mail. IMAP servers remember which messages you’ve read
and sent, and they even keep track of how you’ve filed

messages into mail folders. (Those free Yahoo and iCloud
email accounts are IMAP accounts, and so are corporate
Exchange accounts. Gmail and Outlook.com accounts are

usually IMAP, too—yes, an account can be both.)

POP accounts are the oldest type on the internet. (POP stands
for Post Office Protocol, but this won’t be on the test.) The big

difference: A POP server transfers incoming mail to your
computer; once it’s there, it’s no longer on the internet. (If you
try to check your email on your phone, you won’t see whatever

messages were downloaded by your computer back at home.)
Internet providers like Time Warner and Comcast usually
provide email addresses as POP accounts.

Windows 10 Mail, unlike Windows 8 Mail, works with POP
accounts. If they’re from a big name like, well, Time Warner or
Comcast, use the “Other account” option on the setup screen

and supply your email address and password.