This was essentially an online version of Exchange which clients paid per mailbox on a monthly or annual bases.) This gave organisations of all sizes the opportunity to move to Microsoft Exchange without buying an email server. In 2008 Microsoft introduced “BPOS” which stood for Business Productivity Online Suite. lack of awareness, understanding, or information from providers.Some of the web hosting companies were offering Exchange mailboxes as a hosted service but they were not very popular for two main reasons Small companies on the other hand were left with POP3/IMAP email due to the high cost of the Exchange server against the free or low cost of POP3/IMAP mailboxes. Many medium to large companies could afford to buy, setup, and support Microsoft Exchange server (introduced by Microsoft in March 1996) which gave them a corporate level of email functionality (full sync between client and server, mobile setup, shared resources, calendars and contact data stored in the mailbox). This can sometime seem and obvious reasonable choice, but can cause issues as they will only get a basic level of support. Even when POP3 should have retired a long time ago it is still a commonly used email system when it comes to home users and small companies, since many small companies keep their email hosting bundles with their web hosting. IMAP was introduced shortly after) and has become very popular as it gives more synchronised options for email functionality. Technology quickly moved on and POP3 became standard in 1988, which allows encrypted connection but is still functionality very limited, compared to today’s standards. The original POP (Post Office Protocol standard has been used widely since it was introduced in 1984. The systems and protocols that transmit and enable the functionally of email have evolved over time, and this blog takes a brief look at what some of the major changes have happened – starting with POP and IMAP, through to the latest Office 365 systems.
Most people and organisations take email for granted these days.
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