Word: imap
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Enter IMAP. This protocol was developed to make up for many of POP's shortcomings...
Rather than simply downloading all messages from the server, IMAP can download header information only, limited amounts of messages or the whole thing...
...think, therefore IMAP...
...IMAP stands for Internet Mail Access Protocol. By using it, people can take advantage of useful features for dealing with e-mail that are not available when using the prevalent Unix e-mail client, Pine, or a POP mail client like Eudora...
...understand how IMAP works, it is useful to compare it to the other major e-mail access protocol known as POP, Post Office Protocol...