IMAP protocol and server

I realized that IMAP is a really complex protocol with problems like support for concurrent command processing, aside from the extensive list of commands. So, command parser, session manager and request handler are necessary. For example,

LSUB "#news." "comp.mail.*"
A654 FETCH 2:4 (FLAGS BODY[HEADER.FIELDS (DATE FROM)])

Fortunately , There are some open source projects related with IMAP.

- Apache James, fully featured mail server
- Green Mail, mail server, supports SMTP, POP3, IMAP with SSL
- JIMAP, java based implementation of the IMAP protocol

According to Robert Burrell Donkin which is a member of ASF, "As far as James IMAP goes, the protocol handlers are fine. The Mailbox implementations need more work (but that's on my list for this week).".

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