IMAP

IMAP is a protocol that allows access to messages on a single server. One of the most common examples of how the protocol works is the ability to use a mail client from multiple devices at the same time.

Benefits

The protocol works on port 143. IMAP allows you to store information on a separate server. Among the main advantages of the protocol are the following:

• The protocol allows you to use the mail client both from a computer and from other devices. All information is synchronized on the server.
• All information is placed on the server, which protects your computer or other devices from cyberattacks.
• The user can change the mail client without changing the e-mail address.
• The ability to customize automatic filtering. By writing a few rules in IMAP protocol, you can customize sorting of messages by several parameters, for example, by date, by sender or recipient, by size and availability of copies. Moving, deleting, forwarding a message is also done using the protocol.

The only disadvantage of the protocol – the mandatory presence of the Internet, that is, you can not enter the mail client, even if there are already some messages. .