IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol
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The Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) is a standard protocol for accessing email from your local server. IMAP4 (the latest version) is a client–server protocol in which e-mail is received and held for you by your Internet server. You (or your e-mail client) can view just the subject and the sender of the e-mail and then decide whether to download the mail.
You can also create, manipulate and delete folders or mailboxes on the server, delete messages or search for certain e-mails. IMAP requires continual access to the server during the time that you are working with your mail.
A less sophisticated protocol is Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3). With POP3, your mails
saved for you in your mailbox on the server. When you read your mail, it is immediately downloaded to your computer and no longer maintained on the server.
IMAP can be thought of as a remote file server. POP can be thought of as a ‘storeand-
forward’ service. POP and IMAP deal with receiving e-mail from your local server and are not to be confused with SMTP, a protocol for transferring e-mail between points on the Internet. You send e-mail by SMTP and a mail handler receives it on your recipient’s behalf. Then the mail is read using POP or IMAP.
This is what all about the IMAP. How its working and how the account holders get their messages.
Enjoy.....
The Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) is a standard protocol for accessing email from your local server. IMAP4 (the latest version) is a client–server protocol in which e-mail is received and held for you by your Internet server. You (or your e-mail client) can view just the subject and the sender of the e-mail and then decide whether to download the mail.
You can also create, manipulate and delete folders or mailboxes on the server, delete messages or search for certain e-mails. IMAP requires continual access to the server during the time that you are working with your mail.
A less sophisticated protocol is Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3). With POP3, your mails
saved for you in your mailbox on the server. When you read your mail, it is immediately downloaded to your computer and no longer maintained on the server.
IMAP can be thought of as a remote file server. POP can be thought of as a ‘storeand-
forward’ service. POP and IMAP deal with receiving e-mail from your local server and are not to be confused with SMTP, a protocol for transferring e-mail between points on the Internet. You send e-mail by SMTP and a mail handler receives it on your recipient’s behalf. Then the mail is read using POP or IMAP.
This is what all about the IMAP. How its working and how the account holders get their messages.
Enjoy.....
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