IMAP (short for Internet Message Access Protocol) is an internet protocol that lets you sync your email inbox across multiple devices. Most popular email apps, like Gmail and Outlook, use IMAP servers ...

With Gmail's adoption of IMAP, one of electronic messaging's best-kept secrets has been thrust suddenly into the spotlight. But IMAP's inventor says the move, while overdue, doesn't deserve the ...

Wayne Zimmerman’s wife usually reads email on her own PC. But when she tries to read it on her husband’s PC, the messages get mixed up. I’m going to guess that your wife’s email client software is ...

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A: There’s only one person who can start off a conversation about email protocols by saying, “When I invented email back in 1978 …,” and that person is V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai, who holds multiple degrees ...

As pointed out by MacFixIt reader Scott Rose, it appears that Apple's .Mac servers handle the IMAP protocol in a fashion different from most other on-line e-mail service providers, effectively ...

New research from security experts has revealed over 3 million mail servers are still using an aging protocol without encryption enabled, leaving millions of usernames and passwords vulnerable to ...

OK, so currently, I have a few POP3 accounts which I check with kmail, or I'll log in thru the web to look at (gmx.net, softhome.net, yahoo.com). <BR><BR>Now, on my Linux box, what I hope to do is ...

You may know that your e-mail client uses either the Post Office Protocol (POP) or Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) standard to retrieve your messages. But do you know why you should care? When ...

Indev on Monday announced the release of its public beta of MailTags 2.0 for Mac OS X v10.4. MailTags is a plug-in for Apple’s Mail software that extends the e-mail client program with the ability to ...

You can add your account using the Add an Account wizard -- which is accessible through the app's Settings menu. The Mail app is already configured to connect to some email accounts, such as Yahoo and ...

When I first load up Outlook Exp to check my Courier IMAP e-mail I get the following errors:<BR><BR>Your 'Drafts' folder was not polled for its unread count. Account: 'mail', Server: 'mail', Protocol: ...