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{{DrawBoxNote|content=The specific program SME Server uses for webmail is the Internet Messaging Program (IMP). If you would like more information about IMP, you can visit the project web site at: http://www.horde.org/imp/}}

{{DrawBoxNote|content=The specific program SME Server uses for webmail is the Internet Messaging Program (IMP). If you would like more information about IMP, you can visit the project web site at: http://www.horde.org/imp/}}

If you intend to enable webmail, you should consider whether your users will use webmail exclusively or will use webmail part of the time (for example, when travelling) and a regular email client the rest of the time. If they plan to use webmail and another client, it may be easier if the other client uses the IMAP protocol. If the client uses POP3, email messages will be pulled down from the server into the local email client and most email clients default to deleting the message from the server at that time.  Messages will therefore not be visible when the user later logs into webmail. If IMAP is enabled on the local client, messages remain on the server at all times and will be visible both from the local client and via webmail. For more information on IMAP and POP3, see the section in [[http://smeserver.sourceforge.net/sme7/user/Chapter2?v=10cf#h1118-3 chapter 2]]

If you intend to enable webmail, you should consider whether your users will use webmail exclusively or will use webmail part of the time (for example, when travelling) and a regular email client the rest of the time. If they plan to use webmail and another client, it may be easier if the other client uses the IMAP protocol. If the client uses POP3, email messages will be pulled down from the server into the local email client and most email clients default to deleting the message from the server at that time.  Messages will therefore not be visible when the user later logs into webmail. If IMAP is enabled on the local client, messages remain on the server at all times and will be visible both from the local client and via webmail. For more information on IMAP and POP3, see the section in [[SME_Server:Documentation:User_Manual:Chapter2#IMAP_versus_POP3_email|chapter 2]].

A second issue is that using webmail will consume resources and bandwidth from your server. We recommend that you evaluate the suitability of your server hardware if you plan to use webmail, but webmail can always be disabled later if you find that your system is not performing well.

A second issue is that using webmail will consume resources and bandwidth from your server. We recommend that you evaluate the suitability of your server hardware if you plan to use webmail, but webmail can always be disabled later if you find that your system is not performing well.