RFC 196: Mail Box Protocol
This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 221.
Current document in this lineage: RFC 278 — Revision of the Mail Box Protocol
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
RFC 196, "Mail Box Protocol", was published in July 1971 by R.W. Watson. This is one of the earlier, shorter RFCs and the RFC Editor index carries no abstract for it — the full text below is the authoritative source.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC196
- Published
- July 1971
- Authors
- R.W. Watson
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Stream
- Legacy
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 4
- Also known as
- —
- Obsoleted by:
- RFC 221
Standards lineage
This document is one revision in a chain of 3 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.
- RFC 196 (1971)
- RFC 221 (1971)
- RFC 278 (1971) ✓
Read the full history of Revision of the Mail Box Protocol →
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One later RFC formally updates or obsoletes part of this document.
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