[X4U] What Is IMAP ?

[David Flory]

On May 3, 2006, at 12:40 PM, Randy B.Singer wrote:

> Vern Andrews said:
>
>> What is IMAP, and how do I use IMAP? What is the difference between
>> and IMAP, and ..... ?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Message_Access_Protocol
>
> IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) is a protocol allowing a  
> client
> to access and manipulate electronic mail messages on a server. It  
> permits
> manipulation of remote message folders (mailboxes), in a way that is
> functionally equivalent to local mailboxes.
>
> POP (Post Office Protocol) is a protocol designed to allow single user
> computers to retrieve electronic mail from a POP server. The POP  
> server
> might be a computer with a permanent Internet connection but its  
> clients
> might only connect to it occasionally, for example by modem.
>
> IMAP servers are usually used over large company or college networks
>

As a followup to Randy's info' there is an application called  
POPmonitor which lets you do IMAP type stuff on a POP server. It  
grabs the headers of e-mail that is there and lets you check just  
that and decide whether to delete, bounce, download, block or  
whitelist msg.s there. Nice little program with filters, etc.

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