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 Server - A mail server that implements the Internet Message Access Protocol for client access
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It is an alternative protocol. It provides the user more capabilities for retaining e-mail on server and for organizing it in folders on the server .
The Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) is a less common but more richly featured email protocol than POP3.
No, it is not imap.
IMAP port is the port number the IMAP protocol uses to transfer data. The standard IMAP Port number is 143
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The port for IMAP is: 143
993 IMAP over SSL or MMP IMAP Proxy over SSL
No. Hotmail does not support IMAP.
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.
The IMAP server for Rediff Mail is imap3.rediffmailpro.com. This address must be typed into the Incoming Mail Server Box in IMAP account configuration.
Internet Message Access Protocol (commonly known as IMAP or IMAP4,
Barid.com offers Free IMAP and POP3, It is also in Arabic.
Port number of SMTP is 25 and of IMAP is 143. (These are the standard port numbers used)
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