how is Hosted Exchange different to the type of email I am using in my business now?
The most common form of email used by small and medium businesses in South Africa - and what you are most likely using in your business - is called POP (or Post Office Protocol) email. POP is the standard email that internet service providers (ISPs) supply to customers as part of their internet connection service (eg. johnsmith@mweb.co.za), and is also the basic form of email typically included in the services offered by web hosting and domain name companies (eg. johnsmith@hiscompanyname.co.za).
how does POP email work?
POP email works by retrieving your email from a mail server and delivering it to an email program running on your computer, such as Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Outlook Express. Every time you check your email using POP, any new messages that have been sent to you since you last checked your email are downloaded from the server and saved to the hard drive of the computer you are using, without leaving a copy on the server. POP mailboxes typically do not include or have only very basic built-in virus or spam filtering. |
