imap

Internet message access protocol (IMAP) is one of the two most prevalent Internet standard protocols for e-mail retrieval. For a very long time I ran my own private IMAP-server including pushmail functionality. When my server was damaged in a fire, I switched to Gmail. This is a collection of my IMAP-related posts.

Free pushmail with IMAP IDLE howto

ScreenshotDid you now that is possible to get totally free pushmail on your symbian phone? All you pay for is data traffic if you use via GPRS/UMTS. And if you have a good data traffic plan it would be totally free. The solution works really great via WLAN, and on most GPRS/UMTS networks. Some operators however automatically close idle connections, but often this can be avoided by forcing the access point (AP) to give you a public IP-address.Read more »»