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Glossary: Change Records, Cryptography and PKI

IMAP / POP3

Also written: IMAP, POP3, IMAPS, POP3S

Protocols for reading email; the plain versions are insecure, while IMAPS and POP3S add TLS on ports 993 and 995.

Where the book teaches it

Related terms

SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)TLS (Transport Layer Security)