A protocol that defines how a client should fetch mail from and return mail to a mail server. IMAP is intended as a replacement for or extension to the Post Office Protocol (POP). It is defined in RFC [..]

It is a method of accessing e-mail messages on a server without having to download them to your local hard drive. This is the main difference between IMAP and another popular e-mail protocol called &q [..]

IMAP is a protocol for retrieval of electronic mail (email) and storage. It was developed as an alternative to POP. IMAP allows for multiple clients to have multiple connections to the same mailbox, and with designations, can detect changes made.       // ‹

A method of accessing electronic mail that are kept on a mail server. It allows an email program to access remote message stores as if they were local. Email stored on an IMAP server can be accessed f [..]

One of the two most widely used email transfer methods. IMAP synchronizes email account information with the mail server on a regular basis. If a user logs in to multiple computers to check email, IMAP allows the user to see which messages they have viewed, replied to, or forwarded. 

Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) is a standard protocol for accessing email on a remote server from a local client. IMAP is an application layer Internet Protocol using the underlying transport [..]

A protocol for accessing email messages on a mail server, characterised by the messages usually being kept on the server as opposed to being downloaded to the mail reader client.See Also Post Offi [..]

A code of procedures and behaviors regulating one method by which email user agents may connect with email servers and message transfer agents, allow an individual to view, create, transfer, manage an [..]

IMAP is a protocol used for retrieving e-mail messages from a mail server. IMAP4 is a version of IMAP similar to POP3; however, it supports additional features, such as searching for keywords in e-mail messages while the messages are still on the mail server.