Internet Message Access Protocol
<protocol, messaging> (IMAP) 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.
IMAP includes operations for creating, deleting, and renaming mailboxes;
checking for new messages; permanently removing messages; searching; and
selective fetching of message attributes, texts, and portions thereof. It does
not specify a means of posting mail; this function is handled by a mail transfer
protocol such as SMTP.
Current version: 4.
See RFC 2060, RFC 2061, and others.
Compare: POP.
(1999-03-14)
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