RFC 1176: Interactive Mail Access Protocol: Version 2
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This RFC suggests a method for personal computers and workstations to dynamically access mail from a mailbox server ("repository"). It obosoletes RFC 1064. This RFC specifies an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community. Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested. Please refer to the current edition of the "IAB Official Protocol Standards" for the standardization state and status of this protocol.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC1176
- Published
- August 1990
- Authors
- M.R. Crispin
- Status
- EXPERIMENTAL
- Stream
- Legacy
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 30
- Also known as
- —
- Obsoletes:
- RFC 1064
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Standards lineage
This document is one revision in a chain of 3 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.
- RFC 1064 (1988)
- RFC 1176 (1990)
- RFC 1203 (1991) ✓
Read the full history of Interactive Mail Access Protocol: Version 3 →
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