(= "Internet Message Access Protocol",
"Interneti sõnumipöörduse protokoll")

olemus
rakenduskihi protokoll:
- siseneva meili allalaadimiseks
meiliserverilt meilikliendile,
võimaldades seda säilitada ka serveril
- põhineb transpordiprotokollil TCP
- kasutab porti 143
- suuremate võimalustega kui POP3
- suurema ressursitarbega kui POP3

ülevaateid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfXabGOA2s8

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/differences-between-pop3-and-imap/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Message_Access_Protocol

http://www.headtex.co.uk/docs/IMAP-POPSummaries.pdf

http://www.differencebetween.info/difference-between-imap-and-imap-four-protocol

standard
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3501

vt ka
- SMTP

turvalisus
https://vulmon.com/searchpage?q=imap

https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/51552/how-insecure-is-pop-imap-smtp

https://www.apriorit.com/qa-blog/428-mail-server-security-testing

https://www.alienvault.com/blogs/security-essentials/basic-best-practices-for-configuring-email-servers

https://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/9780387743899-c2.pdf?SGWID=0-0-45-491003-p173754548