1. SEMINAR REPORT ON INTERNET MESSAGE ACCESS PROTOCOL Presented by: Mr. Sawan V. Baghel Guided by: Prof.Ajit P.Shiralkar

2. CONTENT 1. Abstract 2. Introduction 3. History of IMAP 4. What is IMAP? 5. How it works? 6. Why IMAP? 7. Need of IMAP 8. Message Access paradigms 9. Message Access Protocols 10.IMAP Features 11.What roles do SMTP,POP & IMAP in sending & receiving e-mail on the internet? 12. Difference between Pop & IMAP Server 13. Advantages of IMAP 14. Disadvantages of IMAP 15. IMAP the Future of the Internet Mail 16. Conclusion 17. References

3. INTRODUCTION  INTERNET MAIL become dominant basis for electronic mail.  The Internet message access protocol has emerged as the corner step technology of so-called enterprise internet mail.

4. History of imap  IMAP was designed by Mark Crispin in 1986 as a remote mailbox protocol.  IMAP was previously known as Internet Mail Access Protocol, Interactive Mail Access Protocol, and Interim Mail Access Protocol.  IMAP4

5. WHAT IS IMAP ?  Definition  Diagram of IMAP  Protocol  IMAP Feature Figure shows diagram of IMAP

6. How IMAP work ?  Connectivity Figure shows HOW IMAP WORKS

7.  Why IMAP ?  Need of IMAP

8. Message access paradigms  Offline  Online  Disconnected Figure shows diagram of offline,online,disconneted

9. What roles do SMTP, POP and IMAP play in sending and receiving e-mail on the internet? Figure shows diagram of SMTP

10. What is pop ? Figure shows diagram of POP  Authorization state  Transaction state  Update state

11. Difference between POP and IMAP Mail Server

12. Advantages of IMAP  Mobile users  Fast and Convenient  Business Powers -Collaborative tools  Message integration  Mobility and persistent access to user data

13. IMAP THE FUTUER OF THE INTERNET MAIL  IS what LAN based email system have been doing for years ?

14. Conclusion

15. Thank you!

16. Any queries ?