IMAP (the Internet Message Access Protocol) allows clients to access their email on a remote server, whether from the office, a remote location, or a cell phone or other device. IMAP is powerful and flexible, but it's also complicated to set up; it's more difficult to implement than POP3 and more error-prone for both client and server.\ The Book of IMAP offers a detailed introduction to IMAP and POP3, the two protocols that govern all modern mail servers and clients. You'll learn how the...
IMAP (the Internet Message Access Protocol) allows clients to access their email on a remote server, whether from the office, a remote location, or a cell phone or other device. IMAP is powerful and flexible, but it's also complicated to set up; it's more difficult to implement than POP3 and more error-prone for both client and server.
I How to set up and maintain IMAP servers 151 Protocols and terms 172 POP3 and IMAP at the protocol level 233 Load distribution and reliability 434 Selecting a filesystem 535 Complementary Webmail clients 676 Migrating IMAP servers 75II Courier-IMAP 837 Structure and basic configuration 858 Maildir as email storage format 1079 User data 11910 The work of a Courier administrator 153III Cyrus-IMAP 18111 Structure and basic configuration 18312 A closer look at the configuration files 19913 Authentication and safeguards 20714 Advanced Cyrus configuration 22515 Internal structure and modules 26116 Cyrus at the filesystem level 27517 Cyrus in a cluster 281Appendixes 293App. A IMAP command reference 295App. B POP3 command reference 317App. C Installing from the source code 321