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The '''Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)''' is an Internet standard for mail user programs to manage incoming messages on a remote mail storage server.  It is similar to the older [[Post Office Protocol]], but allows much more flexibility in managing messages that are kept in the mailstore, rather than simply downloaded to the recipient's computer.
The '''Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)''' is a client-server messaging protocol for [[Email|email]] which allows messages to be stored indefinitely on a server.  IMAP is an Internet standard.


See also [[Messaging application protocols]]
See also [[Messaging application protocols]]

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The Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) is a client-server messaging protocol for email which allows messages to be stored indefinitely on a server. IMAP is an Internet standard.

See also Messaging application protocols

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