RFC 221: Mail Box Protocol: Version 2
This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 278.
Current document in this lineage: RFC 278 — Revision of the Mail Box Protocol
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
RFC 221, "Mail Box Protocol: Version 2", was published in August 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
- RFC221
- Published
- August 1971
- Authors
- R.W. Watson
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Stream
- Legacy
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 5
- Also known as
- —
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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