We've released a new evaluation guide today showing how to configure our M-Box server to act as a POP/IMAP gateway (more).
Using M-Box in gateway mode enables email service providers (administering an ISP or company email system for example) to give IMAP access to POP-only email accounts.
As M-Box is fully compliant with the LEMONADE Profile 1 IMAP extensions, end-users will also gain access to LEMONADE features such as IMAP-IDLE (the 'push' email protocol supported by many existing IMAP clients).
We've written whitepapers previously on why IMAP email access is important, especially for mobile devices and workers who need to access mail from multiple locations, and we can envisage a number of different deployment scenarios for this product including companies wanting straightforward IMAP access to POP email accounts, those already offering POP & IMAP access but who want to add LEMONADE functionality to their existing IMAP offering and those wishing to offer IMAP access to popular webmail systems that provide POP but not IMAP access.
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