An email client is a program that connects to an email server and acts as an interface through which you can access your email.

Google recommends that you synchronize your UBmail Powered by Google with particular email clients, depending on whether you use IMAP or POP to access your email:

• IMAP email clients for UB Gmail  
  IMAP (internet message access protocol) lets you download messages from UB Gmail so you can access your mail with an email client. IMAP syncs the actions you take in your email client with UB Gmail on the Web. Thus, if you read a message in your email client it will be marked as read in the Web version of UB Gmail.
  
• POP email clients for UB Gmail  
  POP (post office protocol) is a one-way download of your email messages that allows you to access your mail with an email client. POP only offers one-way communication, which means that actions you take in the email client program (such as marking a message as read) will not be synced to the Web version of UB Gmail.
  

Learn about what happens when you use UB Gmail in conjunction with an email client:

• UB Gmail folders in your mail client  
  Find out which UB Gmail subfolders will appear in your email client.
• IMAP email client synchronization with the Web version of UB Gmail Web  
  See how actions in your IMAP client will appear in the UB Gmail web interface.
  
  

At times when you do not have access to your email client, or if you prefer not to use an email client, you can log into the Web version of UB Gmail through any Web browser.