RFC 993: PCMAIL: A distributed mail system for personal computers
This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 1056.
Current document in this lineage: RFC 1056 — PCMAIL: A distributed mail system for personal computers
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This document is a discussion of the Pcmail workstation-based distributed mail system. It is a revision of the design published in NIC RFC-984. The revision is based on discussion and comment fromm a variety of sources, as well as further research into the design of interactive Pcmail clients and the use of client code on machines other than IBM PCs. As this design may change, implementation of this document is not advised. Obsoletes RFC-984.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC993
- Published
- December 1986
- Authors
- D.D. Clark; M.L. Lambert
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Stream
- Legacy
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 28
- Also known as
- —
Standards lineage
This document is one revision in a chain of 3 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.
- RFC 984 (1986)
- RFC 993 (1986)
- RFC 1056 (1988) ✓
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