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<H2>Introduction</H2>
<P>
Three Internet protocols share the big pie
access of almost all email accounts : POP, IMAP, HTTP.
Three Internet protocols are used to access almost all email accounts:
POP, IMAP, HTTP.
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<P>
The oldest one is POP, Post Office Protocol, it allows only
one main box, also called INBOX.
The second protocol is IMAP, Internet Message Access Protocol, which allows
a hierarchy of mailboxes also called folders, allows also concurrent accesses,
a hierarchy of mailboxes also called folders, it also allows concurrent accesses,
tagging with flags, search by many criterium like date, subject, size etc.
The third protocol is HTTP, HyperText Transfer Protocol, via webmails.
Webmails often offer the same features than imap servers and,
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