Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) - Version 4rev2

This specification has been revised 4 times since RFC 1730 (1994). Each document below formally obsoleted the one before it; the versions still in force are listed first.

Revision timeline

  1. RFC 1730 (1994)
  2. RFC 2060 (1996)
  3. RFC 2061 (1996)
  4. RFC 3501 (2003)
  5. RFC 9051 (2021)

Current versions — implement against these

Superseded versions — historical reference only

This lineage is derived automatically from the “obsoletes” relationships recorded in the public RFC Editor index — no editorial judgement is applied to the ordering. The most recent document in the chain is RFC 9051 (August 2021).