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 ...

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 ...

I have only experience with UW-IMAP. It works very well for me, on a PPro 233 MHz. It uses ~/.mailboxlist with Mozilla mail, which is a convenient way to store subscribed folders in.

I got a note from a reader complaining that my article about Netscape and Mozilla clients here didn’t point out their weakness dealing with IMAP servers. Not using an IMAP server myself, I didn’t test ...