IMAP, aka Internet Message Access Protocol, is a protocol created in 1986.

In computing, the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) is an Internet standard protocol used by email clients to retrieve email messages from a mail server over a TCP/IP connection. IMAP is defined by RFC 3501. IMAP was designed with the goal of permitting complete management of an email box by multiple email clients, therefore clients generally leave messages on the server until the user explicitly deletes them. Read more on Wikipedia...

• IMAP Wikipedia page
• IMAP first developed in University of Stanford
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