What is the difference between POP3 and IMAP?

Chances are that at some point in your digital existence you will have had to make a choice far more daunting than the usual Mac-or-PC or Chrome-or-IE dilemmas: POP3 or IMAP?

For those who haven’t had the pleasure of setting up their own email, POP3 and IMAP are two different ways of storing and accessing your email, both over 30 years old and still powering the modern Internet today. To give you an idea of which system is best for you, let’s take a look at how each one works.