I've created a new email address with my ISP.
I've created a new email account on my desktop Mac (Mail 8.2).
Now I tried to add the new email account in my iPad (iOS 8.1.3), but it doesn't give me the option to pick POP as account type. The credentials checks out and it becomes an IMAP email account! The Option modifier key doesn't seem to apply.
What am I missing?
iPad Air, iOS 8.1.3
If you deliberately make a mistake either in the email address or password it'll then give you the option to choose pop & then you can set up the account manually, it's a very strange way but it works.
SInce the gurus are so convinced that imap is better than POP, then please enlighten us how to instruct imap in IOS to leave messages on the server. This is a serious business issue for me. With POP on my iPhone 6S, it's no problem. My new iPad Mini 4 does not offer that option. I do NOT want my email removed from my server. So what is the solution?
Hi debnovel. If you read this thread, you'll see how to configure a POP account in Mail. You start to create fred@junk.com. There are no built-in settings for junk.com, so you get the full setup menu and you can configure POP. If you are using IMAP, deleting mail from the iPad deletes it from the server, because that's how IMAP works.
Well yes it's an older format. But it still exists for good reason — because many people prefer it. Or, yes, some people absolutely need it.
Here are my reasons:
I also have multiple IMAP accounts, namely, Gmail and iCloud. They serve different purposes.
By default, it will only give you the option of using POP3 if the mail service does not support IMAP (that's why munging the address/password works for make it show the option).
POP3 is archaic. If you're accessing your email using multiple devices, managing the message store is a nightmare using POP3. IMAP keeps all of the clients in sync with the server and each other. Don't use POP3 unless there is no other option or unless you can come up with a really compelling reason as to why you must use it.
No. It does not exist because "many people prefer it". It exists because email providers simply haven't killed off that service yet. POP3 is ancient. It was never designed to be used with multiple devices. You stand a higher chance of losing information when it doesn't play nice with the 'leave messages on server after download' request, which was tacked on to the standard as an afterthought, than you do using IMAP or Exchange protocols.
The only reason it still exists at all is because it doesn't cost the providers anything to leave it turned on. It's there. It "works", more or less... why bother disabling it?
1. That has more to do with how you manage your email than anything else. I'd much rather file it into a folder that makes sense than wade through hundreds of emails in my inbox trying to remember what I've already dealt with and what I haven't.
2. No, IMAP retrieval is not "glitchy". That's a problem with your email provider. Not IMAP.
3. False. Your perception of it may be different, but POP3 is not inherently "faster" than IMAP.
4. Or you could you know... just make backups on a regular basis.
I use multiple gmail accounts (IMAP), and multiple Exchange accounts. Having to manually manage those on multiple devices would be a nightmare. I don't want to have to delete or file something more than once. Life's too short to waste time like that.
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The ENTIRE world SHOULD be exactly how you prefer it, OK? Are you happy?
Don't we love how a technical question always turn into a JUDGMENTAL CRY and claim of superiority by those who...
Okay I'll stop. You can have the last word. Knock yourself out. I'm done.
It works! Some of us are dinosaurs and like to have one device with a "control" email. I save all my critical or sensitive email on my laptop which seldom leaves my home and is unlikely to get lost or stolen. Also, my husband and I share one email address (we also have "unique" addresses, and it gets confusing if I delete an email from that account that he may not have seen yet.
@Doctor9fan: That was very helpful! Thank you!
I spent hours with Cox level 2 support as well as Apple Care, trying to find out why my iPhone 5S could not sent emails from my Cox account. Every time we deleted the account and recreated it automatically set it up as IMAP with the same results. It was escalated further up the support ranks with Cox. While waiting for them I tried different solutions and realized I didn't have the POP option... the next search let to your answer...
The account is now setup as POP and both sending and receiving messages seems to be working well.
Again, thank you @Doctor9fan!
OMG that works! Thank you.
+1
To each his own, eh?
If they (whoever they are) kill POP, then I would be the first in the hordes to demand it back. Simple as that. I prefer simple. Quick. Glitch-free. Versatile.
Ken2G5 wrote:
To each his own, eh?
Indeed, which is why POP is vanishing
"To each his own is why POP is vanishing?!"
You need to get educated on logical thinking, if not market demands. Cry all you want. POP will stay because people like me need it.
Yes, I know that, there will always be enough Luddites to shoulder the minuscule cost of not turning ancient servers off, by the way, you misquoted me as well.
Why can't iOS Mail create POP account type?
