Internet Message Access Protocol
nounid
2999·updated Aug 30, 2026verified· unreviewed
A protocol that defines how a client should fetch mail from and return mail to a mail server. IMAP is intended as a replacement for or extension to the Post Office Protocol (POP). It is defined in RFC 1203 (v3) and RFC 2060 (v4).
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Entity Type
Network0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
Sensitivity
—85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Information Class
—80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Variants
- acronym
- IMAP
- plural
- Internet Message Access Protocols
- possessive
- Internet Message Access Protocol's
- pluralpossessive
- Internet Message Access Protocols'
Framework definitions
- §1
- A protocol that defines how a client should fetch mail from and return mail to a mail server. IMAP is intended as a replacement for or extension to the Post Office Protocol (POP). It is defined in RFC 1203 (v3) and RFC 2060 (v4).
- §1 · legacy_primary
- A protocol that defines how a client should fetch mail from and return mail to a mail server. IMAP is intended as a replacement for or extension to the Post Office Protocol (POP). It is defined in RFC 1203 (v3) and RFC 2060 (v4).DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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