<?xml version="1.0"?>
<oembed><version>1.0</version><provider_name>Support Centre - Websites MadeSimple&#x2122;</provider_name><provider_url>https://www.websites-madesimple.co.uk/support</provider_url><title>POP vs IMAP - Support Centre - Websites MadeSimple&#x2122;</title><type>rich</type><width>600</width><height>338</height><html>&lt;blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="GcG4NAmj2m"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.websites-madesimple.co.uk/support/articles/pop-vs-imap/"&gt;POP vs IMAP&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.websites-madesimple.co.uk/support/articles/pop-vs-imap/embed/#?secret=GcG4NAmj2m" width="600" height="338" title="&#x201C;POP vs IMAP&#x201D; &#x2014; Support Centre - Websites MadeSimple&#x2122;" data-secret="GcG4NAmj2m" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;
/* &lt;![CDATA[ */
/*! This file is auto-generated */
!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&amp;&amp;d.addEventListener&amp;&amp;"undefined"!=typeof URL&amp;&amp;(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&amp;&amp;!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i&lt;o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i&lt;a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&amp;&amp;(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3&lt;(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r&lt;200&amp;&amp;(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&amp;&amp;(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&amp;&amp;n.host===r.host&amp;&amp;l.activeElement===s&amp;&amp;(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r&lt;s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document);
/* ]]&gt; */
&lt;/script&gt;
</html><description>This article will explain why IMAP is the best connection type to use when adding your email account to your devices, and why we do not recommend using POP! Both IMAP and POP are internet protocols which allow your mail applications, such as Microsoft Outlook or Mac Mail, to connect to your mailbox on our [&hellip;]</description><thumbnail_url>https://www.websites-madesimple.co.uk/support/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/poplock.png</thumbnail_url></oembed>

<!--
Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache. Learn more: https://www.boldgrid.com/w3-total-cache/

Page Caching using Disk: Enhanced (Requested URI contains query) 
Lazy Loading
Database Caching 38/47 queries in 0.005 seconds using Disk

Served from: www.websites-madesimple.co.uk @ 2026-05-17 07:52:11 by W3 Total Cache
-->