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Internet Message Access Protocol, version 4 (IMAP4)
(I) An Internet protocol [R2060] by which a client workstation can
dynamically access a mailbox on a server host to manipulate and
retrieve mail messages that the server has received and is holding
for the client. (See: POP3.)
(C) IMAP4 has mechanisms for optionally authenticating a client to
a server and providing other security services. (See: IMAP4
AUTHENTICATE.)
