IMAP
IMAP is a method of checking e-mail.
This is the preferred set-up that we ask 鶹Ƶ students to use for checking their e-mail. This flexible set-up enables people to check their e-mail anywhere.
What is IMAP?
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IMAP stands for Internet Message Access Protocol. It is a method of accessing electronic mail or bulletin board messages that are kept on a (possibly shared) mail server. In other words, it permits a "client" email program to access remote message stores as if they were local. For example, email stored on an IMAP server can be manipulated from a desktop computer at home, a workstation at the office, and a notebook computer while traveling, without the need to transfer messages or files back and forth between these computers.