Learning Python Networking - Second Edition

IMAP protocol

The IMAP protocol does not download messages to your computer—both the messages and the folders that we have created are kept on the server.

The IMAP protocol is the most advisable when we access our emails from various devices, or when we are mobile. As a precaution, we must periodically delete the contents of our account so that it does not exceed the space that's granted. The drawback of this protocol is that we must always have an internet connection, even to access and work with old messages.

This protocol has the advantage that, when we connect to read our emails from different devices, for example, our laptop or smartphone, we know that we can always access all of our messages, and that the mailbox will be updated. It ...