Is installed on your computer, and when the program is opened, your e-mail downloads to your computer.

E-mail client

Explanation:

The mail client is responsible for communicating with the mail server, picking up the messages that have reached the electronic mailbox and displaying them in an orderly manner so that they can be read comfortably. It also allows you to write new messages and is also responsible for delivering them to the mail server so that it can channel them to your destination

You can distinguish three types of mail clients according to the way to access them:

Installed on a PC. They run directly from a personal computer. On personal computers that have Windows / xx as an operating system, mail clients will be versions for Windows such as: Eudora, Pegasus, Messenger (Mozilla), Messenger (Netscape), Outlook (Microsoft), Outlook Express (Microsoft), Exchange ( Microsoft).

Residents on the server. It requires connecting to the server by remote terminal using encrypted connection (ssh, which is the preferred option), or simple connection (telnet, anzio, netterm, qvtnet). Once the remote terminal of the server is opened, one of the mail clients installed on it runs.

Through the Web From a web browser you can access, through a web-secure (encrypted) connection, the messages received, as well as send new messages.