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Internet Mail Access Protocol: An earlier name for the Internet Message Access Protocol. [e]
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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]
- Messaging application protocols [r]: Add brief definition or description
- 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]