Where Can You Go for Help If You Get Stuck?

Two good starting places are The IMAP Connection, at http://www.imap.org/, and the University of Washington IMAP Information Center, at http://www.washington.edu/imap/. Each site is a portal to various sites and archives. The IMAP Connection focuses primarily on the IMAP protocol and the software that uses it. Possibly its best resource is an interactive database of IMAP software: client, server, gateway, utilities, etc. The UW IMAP Information Center is primarily focused on UW IMAP software.

Speaking of archives, two mailing lists essential for getting good, up-to-date information are the IMAP mailing list and the C-Client mailing list. Instructions for joining and viewing the archives of the IMAP mailing list are at http://www.washington.edu/imap/imap-list.html. Information about the C-Client list and its archives is at http://www.washington.edu/imap/c-client-list.html.

Finally, you can use your local Usenet server or Deja News (http://www.deja.com/  ) to read the comp.mail.imap group for a good unbiased, or at least equally unbalanced, collective viewpoint on the state of IMAP clients and servers.

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