Nowe funkcjonalności Outlook.com dzięki IMAP

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Outlook.com now has IMAP

by Steve Kafka on September 12
As we shared on Reddit, we''re happy to announce the immediate availability of IMAP (and OAuth) for Outlook.com. Outlook.com already supports the industry''s best email connectivity with Exchange ActiveSync (EAS), which is available on the majority of smartphones and tablets, including Windows Phone, iOS, and Android devices, as well as the Windows 8 Mail app and Outlook 2013. With today''s announcement, we now have a richer email experience across devices and apps, including those not using EAS, such as Mac Mail and Thunderbird on a Mac.

Why IMAP?

While we believe that EAS is the most robust protocol for connecting to your email, with syncing in near real time, and superior battery and network efficiency, there are still some devices and apps that haven''t made the upgrade to EAS. As an older protocol, IMAP is widely supported on feature phones and other email clients such as those on a Mac. We heard your feedback loud and clear that this was important.

In addition to offering more complete device connectivity, IMAP (along with OAuth) gives developers opportunities to build third-party clients and services that offer value-added scenarios on top of your Outlook.com email. We are excited to launch the first set of services today that integrate with Outlook.com, and look forward to sharing many more in the future.

New and unique scenarios that build on your Outlook.com inbox

TripIt, Sift, Slice, motley*bunch, Unroll.me, OtherInbox, and Context.IO have taken advantage of Outlook.com''s new IMAP capability and are rolling out updates today that allow their apps and services to integrate with your Outlook.com email. We''ll have many more to share in the near future. If you''re building an app that wants to integrate with Outlook.com, we''ve provided more details at the end of this post on how to get started.

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