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'''IMAP''' is a method of checking [[e-mail]].
 
'''IMAP''' is a method of checking [[e-mail]].
  
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This is the preferred set-up that we ask 鶹Ƶ students to use for checking their e-mail. This flexible set-up enables people to check their e-mail anywhere.
 
  
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<blockquote><b>What is IMAP?</b>
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== What is IMAP? ==
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<i>definition from [http://www.imap.org/about/whatisIMAP.html IMAP.org]</i>
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(<i>definition from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Message_Access_Protocol Wikipedia]</i>)
  
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In computing, the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) is an Internet standard protocol used by e-mail clients to retrieve e-mail messages from a mail server over a TCP/IP connection.[1] IMAP is defined by RFC 3501.
  
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IMAP stands for Internet Message Access Protocol. It is a method of accessing electronic mail or bulletin board messages that are kept on a (possibly shared) mail server. In other words, it permits a "client" email program to access remote message stores 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.</blockquote>
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IMAP was designed with the goal of permitting complete management of an email box by multiple email clients, therefore clients generally leave messages on the server until the user explicitly deletes them. An IMAP server typically listens on port number 143. IMAP over SSL (IMAPS) is assigned the port number 993.
  
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IMAP is the preferred method of remote mailbox access at 鶹Ƶ, but it is not the only protocol for getting email. See [POP ]] for more information.
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Virtually all modern e-mail clients and servers support IMAP. IMAP and the earlier POP3 (Post Office Protocol) are the two most prevalent standard protocols for email retrieval,[2] with many webmail service providers such as Gmail, Outlook.com and Yahoo! Mail also providing support for either IMAP or POP3.
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== See also ==
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* [[POP3]]
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* [[Quota]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 16:24, 22 January 2019

IMAP is a method of checking e-mail.


What is IMAP?

(definition from )

In computing, the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) is an Internet standard protocol used by e-mail clients to retrieve e-mail messages from a mail server over a TCP/IP connection.[1] IMAP is defined by RFC 3501.

IMAP was designed with the goal of permitting complete management of an email box by multiple email clients, therefore clients generally leave messages on the server until the user explicitly deletes them. An IMAP server typically listens on port number 143. IMAP over SSL (IMAPS) is assigned the port number 993.

Virtually all modern e-mail clients and servers support IMAP. IMAP and the earlier POP3 (Post Office Protocol) are the two most prevalent standard protocols for email retrieval,[2] with many webmail service providers such as Gmail, Outlook.com and Yahoo! Mail also providing support for either IMAP or POP3.

See also

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