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Online Discussion

Below is a list of online forums about IMAP, IMAP-supporting products, and related subjects.

Usenet Newsgroups

• comp.mail.imap - "a forum for discussing the use and administration of systems supporting the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP). Discussions pertaining to client and server software that make use of IMAP would be on-topic in this newsgroup. This would include setting up and administrating an IMAP server, using an IMAP mail client program, and making good use of the resources ... [available]. Discussions of the protocol itself and discussions about implementing the protocol would be better discussed on the ... [imap@u.washington.edu] mailing list." (from the newsgroup charter)



• The comp.mail hierarchy contains a number of other newsgroups about specific email programs and protocols.

Mailing lists

• imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
  The IMAP mailing list for those involved in definition and implementation of the IMAP specification.
  • Message archive/How to subscribe & unsubscribe
  
  
• imap-use@u.washington.edu
  The mailing list for general IMAP usage questions.
  • Message archive/How to subscribe & unsubscribe
  
  
• imap-uw@u.washington.edu
  The mailing list for questions regarding the UW IMAP toolkit software, including UW imapd, ipop3d, mailutil, and the c-client library.
  • Message archive/How to subscribe & unsubscribe
  
  
• ietf-sasl@imc.org
  This mailing list is the vehicle for the work being done on the Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL).
  • WWW site of mailing list
  
  
• ietf-submit@imc.org
  For discussion of a message submission protocol.
  • Subscription requests to ietf-submit-request@imc.org with single word subscribe in the body of the message.
  • WWW site of mailing list
  
  
• ietf-imapext@imc.org
  For discussion of particular IMAP extensions.
  • WWW site of mailing list
  
  
• ietf-acap+@andrew.cmu.edu
  Mailing list of IETF working group formed to define, specify, and develop the Application Configuration Access Protocol as a general access mechanism for per-user and per-server structured lists of information.
  • Subscription requests to ietf-acap-request+@andrew.cmu.edu
    
  • Message archive accessible via anonymous IMAP on host cyrus.andrew.cmu.edu in folder archive.ietf-acap
  
  

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