IMAP technology allows people to access email via a central server, without keeping it on a particular device. This is especially useful for travelers and those who send/reply to many emails. Popular websites like Yahoo, Google, and Microsoft offer web-based email using IMAP.
More people are traveling today than ever before. This is certainly true for business people who, with the help of laptops, PDAs and cell phones, can carry their work with them easily. E-mail is also easy to carry, thanks to modern technology that creates access to e-mail even on mobile phones.
This type of email access would not be possible without the Internet Message Access Protocol or IMAP. This type of technology allows people to send and receive email via a central server, without having to keep the email on a particular device. IMAP is especially useful for travelers who might have an email “home base” of a desktop computer at their home or office, but want to access their email while on the go.
The principle behind IMAP is that a client’s email is stored on a central server. The customer can then access a copy of the email on their personal device. Emails sent from that personal device are also routed through the central server, which keeps track of them. Some email programs may require you to change your settings to make this possible, but IMAP certainly offers an option. Many popular websites offer IMAP-based email as part of a web “subscription”. Some of the best known are Yahoo, Google and Microsoft. Each of these providers offer web-based email that can be accessed over any internet connection and facilitate web-based functionality using IMAP.
IMAP definitely saves people from having to keep track of all email on a computer. People who travel a lot especially appreciate the accessibility and functionality of IMAP. Personal devices such as cell phones may not be able to view certain attachments to various email messages, but many people will trade off for the ease of accessing email while on the go.
Another benefit of IMAP for customers is that they don’t have to worry about storage space for all those email messages. Especially for people who send and reply to hundreds of email messages a day, this is a useful feature, as the central server stores the email messages within its own memory system. An even more significant benefit is that a web-based IMAP provider will also be responsible for bandwidth and other costs related to providing that email functionality. As a result, individual customers may have to pay a certain fee, but this is not always the case.
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