POP3 services transfer your e-mail messages to the hard drive of your computer when you request your mail. This means that your mail resides on your computer at home once you request to view it. IMAP4 services allow you to read and manipulate your mail messages while keeping them on the remote mail server. IMAP4 is the newer protocol and is useful for accessing mail from various locations. You do not have cookies enabled in your web browser.
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They can be used to track your web surfing habits, and for this reason many people choose to shut them off. A cookie is used on the GatorLink page for security purposes. It simply ensures that you create or modify your account within a set period of time and don't remain logged in for a long period of time should you leave the station without properly logging off. For example, you log in, but then leave the computer. Any person can sit down and modify your account profile, password, billing choice, etc.