IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol

• Definition

  • IMAP is a client/server protocol for manipulating remote message stores.

  • It defines a way for mail programs to access mailboxes on remote computers as if they were local.

• The UW IMAP Environment

  • There are about 60,000 accounts

  • We see about 250,000 messages per day (Homer)

  • Peaks are above 20,000 messages per hour across 16 IMAP servers (Homer)

• http://www.washington.edu/imap/imap.vs.pop.html

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