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What RFC 3501?
The Internet Message Access Protocol is an Application Layer Internet protocol that allows an e-mail client to access email on a remote mail server. The current version is defined by RFC 3501. The user retrieves the messages with an email client that uses one of a number of email retrieval protocols.
Which 4 IMAP exists?
There exist five versions of IMAP as follows: Original IMAP. IMAP2. IMAP3.
What are IMAP flags?
IMAP protocol allows associating of a list of flags with a message. There are two types of flags: permanent or session-only. Permanent flags are added or removed permanently from the message flags (see IMAP_SetCurrentMB); in other words, subsequent sessions will reflect any changes in permanent flags.
Is IMAP safe?
IMAP and POP transmit your username, password, and the contents of all your messages in plain text. This means they can be intercepted relatively easily. However, IMAP and POP can use SSL encryption, which is what is used on encrypted web pages, and is theoretically quite secure.
What is an IMAP email account?
Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) means that all of your email is saved on your Internet Service Provider’s servers. If you are using IMAP, you can run an email program at home and an email program at work and both programs will access the same set up messages and folders.
What is used for IMAP?
The IMAP uses the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) for communication to ensure the delivery of data and also received in the order. The IMAP4 listens on a well-known port, i.e., port number 143, for an incoming connection request from the IMAP4 client.
Is IMAP old?
The basic IMAP protocol has remained unchanged since 1996, with all new features since then being implemented in optional extensions to the protocol, some of which have become standards—but adoption of even the most common extensions still varies wildly across email service providers.
What is my IMAP?
In Outlook, click File. Then navigate to Account Settings > Account Settings. On the Email tab, double-click on the account you want to connect to HubSpot. Below Server Information, you can find your incoming mail server (IMAP) and outgoing mail server (SMTP) names.
Do I need POP and IMAP enabled?
Choose a POP setting if you want to save storage space, need constant access to your email and need to access mail from only one device. If you’re using multiple devices to check and manage email, IMAP is the way to go. IMAP enables users at different locations, using different devices, to manage the same inbox.
When to use ” user ” and ” client ” in RFC 3501?
RFC 3501 IMAPv4 March 2003 “User” is used to refer to a human user, whereas “client” refers to the software being run by the user. “Connection” refers to the entire sequence of client/server interaction from the initial establishment of the network connection until its termination.
Which is the first line of the IMAP authenticate command?
The IMAP AUTHENTICATE command is documented in RFC 3501. The SASL-IR capability allows for sending the initial client response in the first line of the AUTHENTICATE command, so that only one round trip is required for authentication. SASL-IR is documented in RFC 4959.
Is there a mechanism to support multiple IMAP4rev1 servers?
A mechanism for accessing configuration information to support multiple IMAP4rev1 servers is discussed in RFC 2244 . IMAP4rev1 does not specify a means of posting mail; this function is handled by a mail transfer protocol such as RFC 2821 .
Which is the best example of an IMAP command?
UIDNEXT: The next unique identifier value of the mailbox. UIDVALIDITY: The unique identifier validity value of the mailbox. UNSEEN: The number of messages which do not have the \\Seen flag set. We have not covered this command in any of our previous posts, so here is the example from RFC 3501: