Internet Message Access Protocol abbreviated as IMAP is a
type of connection, which acts like a medium to access content stored on the
servers/clouds. Another popular type of connection for accessing data stored on
servers is POP (Post Office Protocol). In Windows Live Mail, both of these
connections can be set to access your Live Mail emails and folders. There are a
few differences between the two.
IMAP connection in Windows Live Mail is more about
portability, cloud storage, and accessing your content from the server/cloud
itself. That is when you set up Windows Live Mail to IMAP connection, and then
you are accessing and managing your emails from the server directly. Emails
will be stored in the server and they won't get downloaded. So you can access
emails from any computer in the world. All that it requires is an internet
connection. IMAP is also useful when you have very less space left in your
system memory. So in place of saving emails, drafts, folders etc. locally, all
of them get saved in the server.
In IMAP connection emails are automatically backed up every
evening, so if in case you accidentally delete an email, the email admin can
retrieve deleted email. However one disadvantage of IMAP is you can’t access
emails and other folders without getting an internet connection. Internet
connection is a must and also online cloud storage space is limited, so you may
need to delete some emails periodically. However in IMAP there is portability
involved, you will not get limited to just one single computer.
To set up an IMAP connection in Windows Live Mail, all you
have to do is click on Add-email
Account, enter complete email address and
password, and then click on Next. You'll get navigated to a window where you
have the option to select IMAP as the ‘My incoming server’. Simply select IMAP
and then fill up other important fields, and you are done. You may need to call
the Windows Live Mail Support Number to get help in doing this, as setting up
an IMAP connection in Windows Live Mail is for advanced users.
SupportBuddy is a good place to start looking for help. It
is an ace leading Support Company for Windows Live Mail issues.
Talking to Windows Email Support Team is a good way of
finding easy and effective solutions for your Live Mail issues. To sum up
everything, Windows Live Mail is a good email application. Both of its versions
work well. It offers multiple handy features that let you modify Live Mail as
per your needs. Setting up Live Mail to IMAP connection is one such feature of
Live Mail, using which you can set Windows Live Mail as per your preferences.
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