<p>Outlook.com now supports the IMAP email retrieval technology, expanding the scope of client software and devices that can interact with the Microsoft webmail service.</p><p>"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," wrote Microsoft official Steve Kafka in a blog post on Thursday.</p><p>[ Also on InfoWorld: WTF? Microsoft's senseless Outlook app for iPads and iPhones. | Discover what's new in business applications with InfoWorld's Technology: Applications newsletter. | Get the latest insight on the tech news that matters from InfoWorld's Tech Watch blog. ]</p><p>However, early adopters of the feature, which was activated Thursday, are reporting some problems. In comments to Kafka's blog post, complaints include that messages deleted using IMAP-compliant client applications remain on the Outlook.com Web interface and that messages can't be downloaded from the server to their email clients.</p><p><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/loud-and-clear-user-requests-prompt-microsoft-add-imap-outlookcom-226764">Keep reading...</a></p>