G Guest May 2, 2008 #2 honeybug said: What is imap . and if I cant use it what can I use Click to expand... It's one of the protocols used for connecting to mail servers. Windows Mail won't handle the HTTP protocol, so that leaves you with the POP and SMTP protocols available under Windows Mail. http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=75725 More important, though, is which protocols your email provider allows, which is frequently not all of them.
honeybug said: What is imap . and if I cant use it what can I use Click to expand... It's one of the protocols used for connecting to mail servers. Windows Mail won't handle the HTTP protocol, so that leaves you with the POP and SMTP protocols available under Windows Mail. http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=75725 More important, though, is which protocols your email provider allows, which is frequently not all of them.
