A method of accessing electronic mail messages that are kept on a server. It permits a "client" e-mail application to access remote message stores as if they were local. This is the best solution for a user who needs to access mail from different computers.
a method of accessing electronic mail or bulletin board messages that are kept on a mail server. In other words, it permits a "client" email program to access remote messages as if they were local. For example, email stored on an IMAP server can be manipulated from a desktop computer at home, a workstation at the office, and a notebook computer while traveling, without the need to transfer messages or files back and forth between these computers.
Provides email users a way to retrieve their messages, providing expanded POP functions using simple mail-transfer protocol (SMTP) to transfer messages to the mail server from the user.
This powerful application protocol is becoming an industry standard for storing and retrieving e-mail. Many e-mail programs, such as Pine and Simeon, use IMAP. Duke's IMAP server - mail-xx.acpub.duke.edu (Replace xx with the first two letters of your userid.)
A protocol for retrieving e-mail from a mail server. Commonly referred to as IMAP, a connection remains open to the server while mail is being read. Mail is stored remotely on the server unless specified by the e-mail client to download and store the mail locally.
A protocol for retrieving e-mail from a server. Similar to POP3 but instead of downloading messages to the local machine IMAP's default is to work on the server.
A protocol for retrieving email from an email server (like POP). It includes functions, such as the ability to search through your messages by key word while they're still on the server, that POP doesn't offer.
A standard for retrieving mail that is more advanced than POP3 in that you create folders on the server and those folders will show up in any e-mail client...
A protocol allowing a client to access and manipulate electronic mail messages on a server. It permits manipulation of remote message folders, also called mailboxes, in a way that is functionally equivalent to local mailboxes.
A protocol for receiving and accessing messages from a server. Because messages are stored on the server instead of locally, users must be connected to the mail server when they read messages. See also Post Office Protocol (POP).
Internet Message Access Protocol is used to share mailboxes on the mailserver, allowing mail clients to access them without downloading messages to a local disk.
IMAP allows Eudora to access and manipulate electronic mail messages on a server, and it permits manipulation of remote mailboxes so they function like local mailboxes. IMAP4 provides a richer and more complex set of functionality than the POP3 protocol. IMAP is also called an Incoming server.
A method used by many email-client programs to interact with a mail server to enable a user to receive messages and manage their email folders. IMAP's chief distinction is that users may keep all of their mail folders on a central server and so have location independent access to their email.
An Internet protocol for retrieving email that is stored on an email server. A newer protocol than POP.
protocol that allows users to access and manipulate e-mail messages on a mail server. IMAP lets you create, delete, and rename mailboxes as well as check for new messages, remove messages, and search through existing messages. IMAP does not specify a particular means of writing or sending mail; this function is handled by a mail transfer protocol such as SMTP.
A standard mail server protocol that allows you to store all your messages and any changes to them on the server rather than on your computer's hard disk. Using IMAP rather than POP saves disk space and allows you to access your entire mailbox, including sent mail, drafts, and custom folders, from any location. Using an IMAP server over a modem is generally faster than using a POP mail server, since you initially download message headers only. Not all ISPs support IMAP.
(IMAP) IMAP is gradually replacing POP as the main protocol used by email clients in communicating with email servers. Using IMAP an email client program can not only retrieve email but can also manipulate message stored on the server, without having to actually retrieve the messages. So messages can be deleted, have their status changed, multiple mail boxes can be managed, etc.
The Internet Message Access Protocol (commonly known as IMAP or IMAP4, and previously called Internet Mail Access Protocol, Interactive Mail Access Protocol (RFC 1064), and Interim Mail Access Protocol http://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names ) is an application layer Internet protocol that allows a local client to access e-mail on a remote server. The current version, IMAP version 4 revision 1 (IMAP4rev1), is defined by RFC 3501. IMAP4 and POP3 (Post Office Protocol version 3) are the two most prevalent Internet standard protocols for e-mail retrieval.