IMAP stands for Internet Mail Access Protocol and is an email retrieval protocol that we will use to process information in our email using a Python programme. This module does not download the emails in our system in order to retrieve data from them, as the IMAP protocol was first developed in 1986. IMAP just reads the information included in our emails and displays it in the program's output. This protocol is particularly useful for devices that operate in low-bandwidth environments. To extract data from our emails, we must utilize the IMAP module in conjunction with the Python imaplib module (which is a client-side library).
Why IMAP Module is Needed ?
The imaplib client-side library in Python can be used to retrieve emails via the IMAP protocol. It encodes an IMAP4 server connection and performs a major portion of the RFC 2060-defined IMAP4rev1 client protocol.
Points to know
There are a few key points of the IMAP protocol that we should learn and that will come in handy when we use it to extract data from emails:
IMAP permits the client programme to interact with the server's e-mail messages without having to download them to the local computer. It allows users to make any action, such as downloading or deleting an email before even reading it.
It allows us to design, control, and communicate.
The distant server keeps and archives the e-mail, Mail boxes are remote message folders that can be deleted.
Allows users to search their e-mails using IMAP.
It enables users to view several mailboxes on multiple mail servers at the same time.
Conclusion
The IMAP protocol allows us to retrieve data from our emails without having to download them into our system. Here we saw about IMAP , needfulness of this Module and key points. You can also learn python imap example in the blog here.
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