September 2000
Beginner
408 pages
10h 29m
English
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ACAP
ACAP is an Internet protocol used by client programs to store and retrieve client program information, such as bookmarks, address books, and program preferences. ACAP provides more than just access to preferences from many locations; it can also provide access from any Internet application—not just email clients.
Like IMSP, ACAP is not a directory service, but rather, a protocol with a different purpose. ACAP is intended to work in harmony with directory services, not in competition with them. ACAP fills the niche between a directory service, like LDAP, and a limited-service support protocol like IMSP. ACAP, in fact, offers some specialized functions that directory services do not support:
- Remote storage of email account data
It’s becoming more and more common for Internet email users to have more than one mail account (e.g., an account at work and an account at home on an ISP). Users access multiple accounts from the same machine and/or access the same accounts from different machines. They may also use more than one program that requires email account configuration information. ACAP supports the storage of email account data.
- Remote storage of bookmarks
Storing bookmark URLs is common in Internet applications such as web browser and FTP clients. Users need to access the same bookmarks from different client programs and from different machines. ACAP supports synchronization of bookmarks between multiple applications and systems, and even allows sharing a single bookmarks list ...
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