Editing Email client (section)

=={{anchor|Remote messages}} Remote messages==
POP3 has an option to leave messages on the server.  By contrast, both IMAP and webmail keep messages on the server as their method of operating, albeit users can make local copies as they like.  Keeping messages on the server has advantages and disadvantages.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://itservices.stanford.edu/service/emailcalendar/email/imap/rightforme |title=Is IMAP Right for Me? |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=4 March 2010 |work=IT Services |publisher=[[Stanford University]] |access-date=14 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430153051/http://itservices.stanford.edu/service/emailcalendar/email/imap/rightforme|url-status=unfit|archive-date=30 April 2010}}</ref>

===Advantages===
* Messages can be accessed from various computers or mobile devices at different locations, using different clients.
* Some kind of backup is usually provided by the server.

===Disadvantages===
* With limited bandwidth, access to long messages can be lengthy, unless the email client caches a local copy.
* There may be privacy concerns since messages that stay on the server at all times have more chances to be casually accessed by IT personnel, unless [[end-to-end encryption]] is used.