Mailbox type for emails?
1. IMAP (recommended)
This allows you to share your e-mails with several e-mail programs (PC, laptop, mobile) and via a special website.
All emails remain on the server and it compares the received, sent, sorted and deleted emails and the drafts on demand. You always have the current, same status of your edits on all devices.
IMAP is a bit more complex to set up, but very convenient once it’s up and running. Note that you need much more space on the mail server than with POP3, since all mails remain on the server until they are archived or deleted locally in the overall system.
2. POP3
The older POP3 protocol is ideal if you want to process your emails in the classic way, typically with just one program (e.g. Outlook or Apple Mail).
With POP3, you load a copy of the e-mail from the server into your e-mail program. The e-mail is then removed from the server and only remains stored in your e-mail program.
Since the emails are always downloaded, they will eventually only be present on your device and not on the server. This means that the server requires significantly less storage space (cheaper) and the system is less prone to errors. And there is a higher level of data protection, as emails are only stored online for a short time.
Comparison table
POP3 and IMAP
A comparison of the two common
email types in tabular form
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Alternative: EXCHANGE mailbox
You can also rent an Exchange mailbox from the TBA (Hosted Exchange).
Exchange offers solid processing and synchronization of emails, appointments, addresses, etc. The solution is comparable to Google Mail (Gmail), but has the advantage that email content remains hidden from Google’s data collection frenzy. For more information about the Exchange server, see Microsoft.
It is also easy to integrate your own Exchange servers with our systems and TBA only manages the website and not the e-mails.
