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 ...

With Gmail's adoption of IMAP, one of electronic messaging's best-kept secrets has been thrust suddenly into the spotlight. But IMAP's inventor says the move, while overdue, doesn't deserve the ...

For years, POP (Post Office Protocol) email has been a thorn in my side. Apple's email service uses the IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) protocol for email, as do many other email services.

The Internet Message Access Protocol, an email delivery system, stores your messages on the mail server rather than downloading them to a specific email client on your computer, mobile device or ...

In today’s installment of FlippedBITS, I want to examine a handful of common misconceptions about IMAP, a familiar protocol for retrieving email from a server. IMAP stands for… well, thereby hangs the ...

The Web is awash with frustrated Google Apps and Gmail users who are not able to use their email because the Gmail IMAP server is down. IMAP is an important service that helps users connect their ...

Has this ever happened to you? You’re on the road or working at home and you need an important e-mail message. The problem is that you downloaded it at the office ...

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.

Mail.app us using the wrong folder for "Sent" for a particular imap server. I remember, and an internet search confirms, that Mail->Preferences->Accounts used to have entries for this. The versions I ...

Many of the books sent to me in hopes that I will review them are, well, irritating. They adopt a cute “we’re all in this together except I’m the expert and you’re the noob” tone, and if they are ...