Protocol Description: Protocolsuite: TCPIP. Protocoltype: Applicationlayeremailprotocol. Ports: 143 (TCP) IMAP2, IMAP4, IMAP4rev1.220 (TCP) IMAP3.URI: imap: MIMEsubtype: SNMPMIBs: Worki
Http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/protocol/imap.htm Description: Protocol suite: TCP/IP. protocol type: Application layer email protocol. ports: 143 (TCP) IMAP2, IMAP4, IMAP 4rev1. 220 (TCP) IMAP3. URI: imap: MIME subtype: SNMP MIBs: Worki
Http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/protocol/imap.htm
Description:
Protocol suite: |
TCP/IP. |
Protocol type: |
Application layer email protocol. |
Ports: |
143 (TCP) IMAP2, IMAP4, IMAP 4rev1. 220 (TCP) IMAP3. |
URI: |
Imap: |
MIME subtype: |
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SNMP MIBs: |
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Working groups: |
Imap, Internet Message Access Protocol. Imapext, Internet Message Access Protocol Extension. Morg, Message ORGanization. |
Links: |
IANA: IMAP4 capabilities. Wiki: IMAP. |
IMAP2:
IMAP3:
IMAP4:
IMAP4rev1:
This variant is designed to be upwards compatible from the IMAP2 and unpublished IMAP2bis protocols. It is largely compatible with the IMAP4 protocol.
MAC header |
IP header |
TCP header |
IMAP message |
Commands:
Command |
References |
APPEND |
RFC 3501, RFC 3502, RFC 4466, and RFC 4469 |
AUTHENTICATE |
RFC 3501 |
CAPABILITY |
RFC 3501 |
CHECK |
RFC 3501 |
CLOSE |
RFC 3501 |
COMPARATOR |
RFC 5255 |
COMPRESS |
RFC 4978 |
CONVERSIONS |
RFC 5259 |
COPY |
RFC 3501 |
CREATE |
RFC 3501, RFC 4466 |
DELETE |
RFC 3501 |
DELETEACL |
RFC 4314 |
EXAMINE |
RFC 3501, RFC 4466 |
EXPUNGE |
RFC 3501 |
FETCH |
RFC 3501, RFC 4466 |
GETACL |
RFC 4314 |
GETQUOTA |
RFC 2087 |
GETQUOTAROOT |
RFC 2087 |
LIST |
RFC 3501 |
LISTRIGHTS |
RFC 4314 |
LOGIN |
RFC 3501 |
LOGOUT |
RFC 3501 |
LSUB |
RFC 3501 |
MYRIGHTS |
RFC 4314 |
NOOP |
RFC 3501 |
RENAME |
RFC 3501, RFC 4466 |
SEARCH |
RFC 3501,RFC 5032 |
SELECT |
RFC 3501, RFC 4466 |
SETACL |
RFC 4314 |
SETQUOTA |
RFC 2087 |
SORT |
RFC 5256 |
STARTTLS |
RFC 3501 |
STATUS |
RFC 3501 |
STORE |
RFC 3501, RFC 4466 |
SUBSCRIBE |
RFC 3501 |
THREAD |
RFC 5256 |
UID |
RFC 3501, RFC 4315, and RFC 4466 |
UNSELECT |
RFC 3691 |
UNSUBSCRIBE |
RFC 3501 |
X |
RFC 3501 |
Status responses:
Status responses MAY include an OPTIONAL response code. A response code consists of data inside square brackets in the form of an atom, possibly followed by a space and arguments. the response code contains additional information or status codes for client software beyond the OK/NO/BAD condition, and are defined when there is a specific action that a client can take based upon the additional information.
Response |
Reference |
BAD |
RFC 3501 |
BYE |
RFC 3501 |
NO |
RFC 3501 |
OK |
RFC 3501 |
PREAUTH |
RFC 3501 |
IMAP4 capabilities:
Capability |
References |
ACL |
RFC 4314 |
ANNOTATE-EXPERIMENT-1 |
RFC 5257 |
BINARY |
RFC 3516 |
CATENATE |
RFC 4469 |
CHILDREN |
RFC 3348 |
COMPRESS = DEFLATE |
RFC 4978 |
CONDSTORE |
RFC 4551 |
CONTEXT = SEARCH |
RFC 5267 |
CONTEXT = SORT |
RFC 5267 |
CONVERT |
RFC 5259 |
ENABLE |
RFC 5161 |
ESEARCH |
RFC 4466, RFC 4731 |
ESORT |
RFC 5267 |
FILTERS |
RFC 5466 |
I18NLEVEL = 1 |
RFC 5255 |
I18NLEVEL = 2 |
RFC 5255 |
ID |
RFC 2971 |
IDLE |
RFC 2177 |
LANGUAGE |
RFC 5255 |
LITERAL + |
RFC 2088 |
LOGIN-REFERRALS |
RFC 2221 |
LOGINDISABLED |
RFC 2595, RFC 3501 |
MAILBOX-REFERRALS |
RFC 2193 |
MULTIAPPEND |
RFC 3502 |
NAMESPACE |
RFC 2342 |
NOTIFY |
RFC 5465 |
QRESYNC |
RFC 5162 |
QUOTA |
RFC 2087 |
RIGHTS = |
RFC 4314 |
SASL-IR |
RFC 4959 |
SEARCHRES |
RFC 5182 |
SORT |
RFC 5256 |
STARTTLS |
RFC 2595, RFC 3501 |
THREAD |
RFC 5256 |
UIDPLUS |
RFC 2359 |
UNSELECT |
RFC 3691 |
URLAUTH |
RFC 4467 |
WITHIN |
RFC 5032 |