| The advancement of wireless technology has | | | | on your system, it is deleted from the POP server. |
| brought the world together, with easy and | | | | You can access these mails even when you are |
| convenient access to information, whenever we | | | | offline. To access your mails through POP, you would |
| need and wherever we are. Remote Email Access is | | | | use email client software such as Eudora, Pegasus or |
| one example of the flexibility provided by the remote | | | | Outlook, or the email component of a web browser |
| access technology. Remote Email Access gives the | | | | suite such as Outlook Express or Netscape |
| user the ability to access, receive and send emails | | | | Messenger. |
| wherever he or she is located. | | | | An alternative way to access mails is to use a web |
| There are two approaches to Remote Email Access, | | | | browser such as MS Internet Explorer, Netscape |
| depending on how conveniently and frequently you | | | | Navigator or Opera to visit a web site, than you |
| can access the computer. In case you have a | | | | need to sign in with a user id and password, and then |
| computer at your disposal than the POP approach | | | | read your mail online. The biggest advantage of web |
| best works, but if you are dependent on a cyber | | | | access is that you can check your mails through any |
| café, than you may prefer web access | | | | computer that has a web browser installed. The only |
| instead. | | | | disadvantage is that you have to be online all the |
| POP stands for post office protocol and is the way | | | | time while checking, receiving or sending mails. |
| real email systems work. To access your mail using | | | | Thus, you can use either of the two options |
| POP, you need to access a POP server that verifies | | | | according to your convenience and access and |
| your username and password before granting you | | | | exchange your mails with your boss, friends or |
| access to your emails. Once the mail is downloaded | | | | relatives, wherever you are. |