Mail - pop-server vs. web-based?

am not sure which is which - one is mail like yahoo that you read via a web browser, the other is read with a program like Apple mail.
I have an account (with time warner roadrunner) that works both ways, I can get mail via Apple Mail AND I can check it on a browswer.
my question: I have been accessing mail via the pop-server since I've had an iPhone, and it works only so-so; it's kind of slow & some HTML stuff can't be read. (Am sure this is the fault of the service provider, not the iPhone hardware or software.)
is it possible to re-configure this account (probably I would have to delete it and start a new one) - as a webmail-based account? are there any advantages to doing that?
thanks
Will Friedwald

You don't have to reconfigure it, you just have to use Safari on the iPhone, like using your browser on your desktop instead of AppleMail.
The downside is that you have to log in every time using Safari on the iPhone, and you have to scroll a lot. It will also be slower as you have to connect to the server to view every message or to compose a message.
I would be interested in hearing more about it's slowness. As for HTML email, mine looks good for both Exchange and POP3 accounts.

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