is my email stored in POP3 or IMAP?

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is my email stored in POP3 or IMAP?

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trying to email a info site and they want to know if my email is stored in POP3 or IMAP. i'm not too computer savy and have no ideal where it's stored. i have windows vista

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Anonymous

Hi,

Why do they need to know which your email is? Sound suspicious to me.

Windows Mail - Tools - Accounts - double click an account - Server Tab - My incoming server is -------

tells you. Other email programs will have similar settings.

You can mix and have pop3 and imap accounts as well. These are examples if using Google - other

email providers probably have similar for at least Pop3 though some are only web based.

Enabling POP

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=13273

Configure POP Client

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=12103

Enabling IMAP

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=77695

Configure IMAP Client

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=75726

Info here IMAP vs POP3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptIbMtFZz6c

Good writeup on IMAP vs POP

http://www1.umn.edu/adcs/guides/email/imapvspop.html

Hope this helps.

Rob - Bicycle - Mark Twain said it right.

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Anonymous

Hi,

Contact your email provider, check your account settings in your email program which will say POP3

or IMAP if not webmail only. Do NOT tell a 3rd party how to setup your email.

Good luck.

Rob - Bicycle - Mark Twain said it right.

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Anonymous

How do I find this information out? I can't send my e-mail without knowing. Any idea how I check?

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