Internet Message Access Protocol/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• Email system [r]: General overview of how the Internet electronic mail system works. ^[e]
• Email processes and protocols [r]: Brief explanation of an email system at the relay level. ^[e]

Subtopics

• Webmail [r]: An e-mail service intended to be primarily accessed via a web browser, as opposed to through a desktop e-mail client. ^[e]

Other related topics

• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol [r]: In the Internet Protocol Suite, SMTP is the basic method for transferring the "envelopes" of electronic mail among servers performing the electronic "post office" function, not the user mailbox function. ^[e]
• Post Office Protocol [r]: A client-server messaging protocol for email which requires messages to be downloaded to a client's computer, phone or tablet for reading. ^[e]