IMAP
E6317
IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) is a standard email protocol that allows clients to access and manage messages stored on a mail server while keeping them synchronized across multiple devices.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IMAP canonical | 26 |
| IMAP4 | 2 |
| IMAP4rev1 | 2 |
| IMAP2 | 1 |
| IMAP4 Internet Message Access Protocol | 1 |
| IMAPS | 1 |
| Internet Message Access Protocol | 1 |
| Internet Message Access Protocol version 4 | 1 |
| Internet Message Access Protocol version 4rev1 | 1 |
| Internet Message Access and Retrieval | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T53954 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IMAP Context triple: [TCP/IP, includesProtocol, IMAP]
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A.
POP3
POP3 (Post Office Protocol version 3) is a standard email protocol used by clients to retrieve messages from a remote mail server over a TCP/IP network, typically downloading them for local storage.
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B.
SMTP
SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is a standard communication protocol used for sending and routing email messages across IP networks.
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C.
Gmail
Gmail is Google's widely used web-based email service known for its large storage capacity, powerful search, and integration with other Google products.
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D.
Lotus Notes
Lotus Notes is a collaborative client-server software platform best known for its email, calendaring, and business application capabilities, widely used in enterprises for groupware and workflow solutions.
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E.
AOL
AOL is a pioneering American internet and online services company best known for popularizing dial-up access and email in the 1990s and early 2000s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IMAP Target entity description: IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) is a standard email protocol that allows clients to access and manage messages stored on a mail server while keeping them synchronized across multiple devices.
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A.
POP3
POP3 (Post Office Protocol version 3) is a standard email protocol used by clients to retrieve messages from a remote mail server over a TCP/IP network, typically downloading them for local storage.
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B.
SMTP
SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is a standard communication protocol used for sending and routing email messages across IP networks.
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C.
Gmail
Gmail is Google's widely used web-based email service known for its large storage capacity, powerful search, and integration with other Google products.
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D.
Lotus Notes
Lotus Notes is a collaborative client-server software platform best known for its email, calendaring, and business application capabilities, widely used in enterprises for groupware and workflow solutions.
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E.
AOL
AOL is a pioneering American internet and online services company best known for popularizing dial-up access and email in the 1990s and early 2000s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Internet standard
ⓘ
application layer protocol ⓘ email protocol ⓘ |
| abbreviation | IMAP self-link ⓘ |
| authenticationMethod |
CRAM-MD5
ⓘ
LOGIN ⓘ PLAIN ⓘ SASL mechanisms ⓘ |
| category | remote email access protocol ⓘ |
| comparedTo | POP3 ⓘ |
| currentVersion |
RFC 3501
ⓘ
surface form:
IMAP4rev1
|
| defaultPort | 143 ⓘ |
| defaultSecurePort | 993 ⓘ |
| definedIn | RFC 3501 ⓘ |
| designGoal |
keep messages on server
ⓘ
synchronize state across multiple clients ⓘ |
| differenceFromPOP3 |
keeps messages on server by default
ⓘ
supports bidirectional synchronization of state ⓘ supports multiple folders on server ⓘ |
| fullName |
IMAP
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Internet Message Access Protocol
|
| layer | application layer ⓘ |
| manages |
mailboxes
ⓘ
message flags such as Seen Answered Flagged Deleted Draft ⓘ |
| operatesOver |
Transmission Control Protocol
ⓘ
surface form:
TCP
|
| predecessor |
IMAP
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
IMAP2
IMAP3 ⓘ |
| primaryUse | accessing email stored on a mail server ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
Internet Engineering Task Force
ⓘ
surface form:
IETF
|
| status | widely deployed ⓘ |
| stores | messages on server ⓘ |
| successor |
RFC 3501
ⓘ
surface form:
IMAP4
|
| supports |
ACLs via extensions
ⓘ
IDLE extension for push-like notifications ⓘ UID-based message identification ⓘ concurrent access by multiple clients ⓘ internationalization via extensions ⓘ message flags ⓘ multipart messages ⓘ multiple client synchronization ⓘ offline email access via caching ⓘ online email access ⓘ partial message fetch ⓘ quotas via extensions ⓘ search on server ⓘ server-side folders ⓘ server-side message filtering via extensions ⓘ |
| transportProtocol | reliable stream-oriented ⓘ |
| usedBy |
desktop email clients
ⓘ
mobile email clients ⓘ webmail backends ⓘ |
| usesEncryption |
SSL
ⓘ
TLS ⓘ |
| usesModel | client–server model ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: IMAP Description of subject: IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) is a standard email protocol that allows clients to access and manage messages stored on a mail server while keeping them synchronized across multiple devices.
Referenced by (37)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
IMAPS
this entity surface form:
Internet Message Access Protocol
this entity surface form:
IMAP2
this entity surface form:
IMAP4rev1
this entity surface form:
Internet Message Access Protocol version 4rev1
this entity surface form:
IMAP4rev1
this entity surface form:
Internet Message Access Protocol version 4
this entity surface form:
IMAP4
this entity surface form:
IMAP4