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What is IMAP? How does it work?

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Last Update: October 27, 2009 Asked by: Mohammed Saif

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Submitted by: syed_nrp

IMAP is short for Internet Message Access Protocol, and this is precisely what it is for.
When you retrieve your email messages from your ISP's mail server in your email program, the server and your program (the client) probably use the Post Office Protocol (POP) to talk to each other.
Providing a way to get email messages to your computer is what IMAP and POP share. While POP was designed to do merely that, IMAP does provide more useful functionality.

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nabarunchowdhury

August 01, 2007 04:30:07

smitha

RE: What is IMAP? How does it work?

IMAP is a standard protocol for accessing e-mail from a local server. 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.

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August 13, 2007 10:39:57

Richard

RE: What is IMAP? How does it work?

IMAP allows for clients / users to read only the header information and then decide if they wish to download the whole msg useful for blackberry's etc where data costs money!

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May 21, 2008 17:11:34

Clinton Foundation

Member Since: May 2008 Contribution: 2

RE: What is IMAP? How does it work?

IMAP is basically for when your using multiple computers to check your email.

With POP3 it will download to your computer.. but with IMAP I believe the emails stay on the server.

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September 25, 2008 04:57:21

shashi jadhav

Member Since: September 2008 Contribution: 10

RE: What is IMAP? How does it work?

IMAP stands for Internet Message ACCESS Protocol. IMAP store your Offline & Online mails on IMAP server from your Worksatation. You not need to transfer your mails to your server. IMAP4 this is latest version of IMAP. IMAP - this service help you to access your mail which is stored in server.

IMAP sync your stored (in Server)Mail with your outlook.

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June 11, 2009 03:15:55

syed_nrp

Member Since: April 2008 Contribution: 17

RE: What is IMAP? How does it work?

IMAP is short for Internet Message Access Protocol and this is precisely what it is for.
When you retrieve your email messages from your ISP's mail server in your email program the server and your program (the client) probably use the Post Office Protocol (POP) to talk to each other.
Providing a way to get email messages to your computer is what IMAP and POP share. While POP was designed to do merely that IMAP
does provide more useful functionality.

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October 27, 2009 02:20:38

smriti2006

Member Since: October 2009 Contribution: 2

RE: What is IMAP? How does it work?

IMAP stand for Internet Messege Access Protocol
IMAP is a method computer use to send and receive email message .It allows you to access Email without downloading it to your system.
IMAP server let you work with email message without downloading them to your computer first. You can preview delete and organize message directly on the email server and copies are stored on the server until you choose to delete them.

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