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 ...

POP, the Post Office Protocol, has been the long-standing mail retrieval protocol for TCP/IP networks. But it’s started showing its age at a time when users are becoming more mobile, accessing mail ...

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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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 ...

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 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: ...