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RFC 1225: Post Office Protocol: Version 3

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 1460.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 1939Post Office Protocol - Version 3

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

This memo suggests a simple method for workstations to dynamically access mail from a mailbox server. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC1225
Published
May 1991
Authors
M.T. Rose
Status
DRAFT STANDARD
Stream
Legacy
Area
Pages
16
Also known as
Obsoletes:
RFC 1081
Obsoleted by:
RFC 1460

Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 5 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 1081 (1988)
  2. RFC 1225 (1991)
  3. RFC 1460 (1993)
  4. RFC 1725 (1994)
  5. RFC 1939 (1996)

Read the full history of Post Office Protocol - Version 3

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