Internet Message Access Protocol (commonly known as IMAP or IMAP4,
Internet Message Access Protocol
IMAP stands for Internet message access protocol. It is form of an alternative protocol.It provides the user more capabilities for retaining e-mail on server and for organizing it in folders on the server .
IMAP port is the port number the IMAP protocol uses to transfer data. The standard IMAP Port number is 143
IMAP is short for Internet Message Access Protocol. IMAP is a mail retrieval protocol that was developed as a more sophisticated alternative to POP3 . POP3 Stands for post office protocol and was used earlier.
IMAP
IMAP (internet message access protocol)
Internet Message Access Protocol(IMAP) was developed by Mark Crispin in 1986. It is a protocol for email retrieval and storage as an alternative to POP.
IMAP means Internet Message Access Protocol. In relation to email, IMAP enables one to access their email messages no matter where in the world they are.
Along with POP3, IMAP is one of two prevailing electronic mail protocols. IMAP is an acronym for Internet Message Access Protocol. It is is an Application Layer Internet protocol, meaning that it allows an e-mail client application to access electronic mail on a remote mail server. IMAP differs from the other prevailing e-mail protocol, POP3, in that the client's e-mail is retained in a set of private message directories on the IMAP mail server itself. This allows messages to be easily synchronized across multiple e-mail clients on multiple devices. POP3 protocol delivers messages to the client application for storage on the client device. Messages are subsequently deleted from the POP3 server, making synchronization of multiple devices more difficult. POP3 was the preferred e-mail protocol when server power and storage capacity were at a premium, and before the rise of ubiquitous Internet-enabled mobile devices. More recently, IMAP has supplanted POP3 as the most predominant e-mail protocol. All web-mail services (GMail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, etc.) are based on IMAP. Microsoft Exchange is also a form of IMAP. Today, nearly all Internet and private electronic mail servers support IMAP.
imap and pop3 protocols
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