![]() ![]() Once retrieved by the computer, the messages were deleted from the server. ![]() It dated from 1984 and, for our purpose today, was designed so that a single computer would retrieve messages from a server. Fifteen or more years ago, before the advent of broadly-used mobile devices, most email services operated on the POP email protocol (POP being an acronym for Post Office Protocol). If you insist on keeping email open – and even more so if you have the app set to alert you when you get a new arrival – I promise you will benefit from a keen understanding of email rules, their creation, and how letting Outlook (or Gmail or Apple Mail) handle some message routing and filing for you will alleviate annoyance and allow you to focus on real work. Even though numerous studies demonstrate its distractive tendency, most people also keep email open and running on their computer throughout the day, just inviting interruption by anyone who happens to send them a message. Email is by far the most used business application.
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