{"id":5522,"date":"2025-12-19T19:52:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T19:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mgcomdev.wpenginepowered.com\/glossary\/imap-4\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T14:30:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T14:30:49","slug":"imap","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.mailgun.com\/es\/glosario\/imap\/","title":{"rendered":"IMAP"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>IMAP<\/h1>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">IMAP es un protocolo que utilizan los clientes de email (como Outlook o Apple\u00a0Mail)\u00a0para acceder a los emails almacenados en un servidor de email remoto y gestionarlos. Permite a los usuarios leer, organizar y\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">eliminar<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0mensajes de email\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">sin descargarlos de forma permanente,\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">lo que mantiene los mensajes\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">sincronizados<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0en m\u00faltiples dispositivos.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Caracter\u00edsticas clave de IMAP:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"104\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Los mensajes permanecen en el servidor y se accede a ellos cuando es necesario<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"104\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Acciones como leer,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">eliminar<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0o mover se reflejan en todos los dispositivos<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"104\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">A menudo se combina con SMTP (que env\u00eda el email), mientras que IMAP lo recupera<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">IMAP tambi\u00e9n admite una extensi\u00f3n opcional llamada\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">IDLE<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, que permite actualizar los mensajes en tiempo real (tambi\u00e9n conocido como email push). La mayor\u00eda de los clientes de email modernos lo utilizan para evitar las actualizaciones constantes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">IMAP se utiliza\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">solo en la recepci\u00f3n<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0del email;\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">no desempe\u00f1a ning\u00fan rol en el env\u00edo ni en la entrega.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Por lo general, los clientes de <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Mailgun<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">no<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0utilizan IMAP, ya que\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Mailgun<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0gestiona la transmisi\u00f3n y el registro de emails, no el almacenamiento en el buz\u00f3n ni el acceso de clientes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IMAP IMAP es un protocolo que utilizan los clientes de email (como Outlook o Apple\u00a0Mail)\u00a0para acceder a los emails almacenados en un servidor de email remoto y gestionarlos. 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