Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) is a protocol for e-mail retrieval and storage developed by Mark Crispin in 1986 at Stanford University as an alternative to POP
Post Office Protocol (POP) is an application-layer Internet standard protocol used by local e-mail clients to retrieve e-mail from a remote server over a TCP/IP connection
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is an Internet standard for electronic mail (e-mail) transmission
imap vs pop3
pop3 vs imap
pop3 vs smtp
smtp vs pop
smtp vs ima