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RFC 3656: The Mailbox Update (MUPDATE) Distributed Mailbox Database Protocol

Still current, but amended. Parts of this document are changed or extended by RFC 8996. Read both.

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As the demand for high-performance mail delivery agents increases, it becomes apparent that single-machine solutions are inadequate to the task, both because of capacity limits and that the failure of the single machine means a loss of mail delivery for all users. It is preferable to allow many machines to share the responsibility of mail delivery. The Mailbox Update (MUPDATE) protocol allows a group of Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) or Post Office Protocol - Version 3 (POP3) servers to function with a unified mailbox namespace. This document is intended to serve as a reference guide to that protocol.

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Document ID
RFC3656
Published
December 2003
Authors
R. Siemborski
Status
EXPERIMENTAL
Stream
INDEPENDENT
Area
—
Pages
19
Also known as
—
Updated by:
RFC 8996

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