POP/IMAP confusion

[dan]

Trying to understand something here. For FQ servers, I would use the same settings to set up both types of connections, but would tell the app which way to connect?

[Bob]

Daniel,

While the Host names are the same the ports are different.

The settings needed would be:
username: same as your POP username
password: same as your POP password
IMAP server/host name: pop.example.com (where example.com is replaced with your own domain name)

The standard port for IMAP is 143. IMAP over SSL (IMAPS) uses port 993. (See Secure POP, SMTP, and IMAP access. (http://www.aota.net/forums/showthread.php?t=20079))
http://Service.FutureQuest.net/kb547

-Bob

[Kevin]

There is a big difference in how the protocols work.

If you just want to move your email from the server to a single email client then you can use POP.

If you want to do anything else at all (multiple computers or clients, QuestMail, email from a smart phone, etc) you want to use IMAP.

[dan]

Thank you! That answered my question.