In this section, we will learn about the IMAP protocol and explore the imapclient and imaplib modules for working with emails with IMAP in Python 3.7.
Manipulating and retrieving emails on the server email using IMAP with imapclient and imaplib
IMAP protocol
The IMAP protocol does not download messages to your computer—both the messages and the folders that we have created are kept on the server.
The IMAP protocol is the most advisable when we access our emails from various devices, or when we are mobile. As a precaution, we must periodically delete the contents of our account so that it does not exceed the space that's granted. The drawback of this protocol is that we must always have an internet connection, even...