RFC 1339: Remote Mail Checking Protocol
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This RFC defines a protocol to provide a mail checking service to be used between a client and server pair. Typically, a small program on a client workstation would use the protocol to query a server in order to find out whether new mail has arrived for a specified user. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC1339
- Published
- June 1992
- Authors
- S. Dorner; P. Resnick
- Status
- EXPERIMENTAL
- Stream
- Legacy
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 6
- Also known as
- —
Topics
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- RFC 1343A User Agent Configuration Mechanism for Multimedia Mail Format InformationCurrent
June 1992
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- RFC 1357A Format for E-mailing Bibliographic RecordsObsoleted
July 1992
- RFC 1460Post Office Protocol - Version 3Obsoleted
June 1993
- RFC 1506A Tutorial on Gatewaying between X.400 and Internet MailCurrent
August 1993
- RFC 1524A User Agent Configuration Mechanism For Multimedia Mail Format InformationCurrent
September 1993
- RFC 1563The text/enriched MIME Content-typeObsoleted
January 1994
- RFC 1590Media Type Registration ProcedureObsoleted
March 1994
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