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Revision as of 14:33, 2 October 2006
IMAP is a method of checking e-mail.
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.
What is IMAP? (definition from )
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.
IMAP is the preferred method of remote mailbox access at 鶹Ƶ, but it is not the only protocol for getting email. See POP3 for more information.