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 ...

As pointed out by MacFixIt reader Scott Rose, it appears that Apple's .Mac servers handle the IMAP protocol in a fashion different from most other on-line e-mail service providers, effectively ...

A: There’s only one person who can start off a conversation about email protocols by saying, “When I invented email back in 1978 …,” and that person is V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai, who holds multiple degrees ...

Rafe Needleman reviews mobile apps and products for fun, and picks startups apart when he gets bored. He has evaluated thousands of new companies, most of which have since gone out of business.

New research from security experts has revealed over 3 million mail servers are still using an aging protocol without ...

OK, so currently, I have a few POP3 accounts which I check with kmail, or I'll log in thru the web to look at (gmx.net, softhome.net, yahoo.com). <BR><BR>Now, on my Linux box, what I hope to do is ...

You may know that your e-mail client uses either the Post Office Protocol (POP) or Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) standard to retrieve your messages. But do you know why you should care? When ...

Indev on Monday announced the release of its public beta of MailTags 2.0 for Mac OS X v10.4. MailTags is a plug-in for Apple’s Mail software that extends the e-mail client program with the ability to ...

When I first load up Outlook Exp to check my Courier IMAP e-mail I get the following errors:<BR><BR>Your 'Drafts' folder was not polled for its unread count. Account: 'mail', Server: 'mail', Protocol: ...

Microsoft is cutting off some versions of Outlook from Microsoft 365 and Office 365 next month. And it plans more security moves a year from now that could affect how email is handled. Time to plan ...