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

olemus
rakenduskihi protokoll siseneva meili allalaadimiseks
meiliserverilt meilikliendile, võimaldades
teda säilitada ka serveril;
- põhineb transpordiprotokollil TCP
- kasutab porti 143
- on suuremate võimalustega kui POP3
- on suurema ressursitarbega kui POP3
=
a standard protocol for accessing email on a remote server from a local client

ülevaateid
https://www.techopedia.com/definition/1681/internet-message-access-protocol-imap

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

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

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

vt ka
- IMAP4
- SMTP