[Extra] Protocol Action: 'Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) - Version 4rev2' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-extra-imap4rev2-30.txt)
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Subject: [Extra] Protocol Action: 'Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) - Version 4rev2' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-extra-imap4rev2-30.txt)
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The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) - Version 4rev2' (draft-ietf-extra-imap4rev2-30.txt) as Proposed Standard This document is the product of the Email mailstore and eXtensions To Revise or Amend Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Murray Kucherawy and Barry Leiba. A URL of this Internet Draft is: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-extra-imap4rev2/ Technical Summary The Internet Message Access Protocol, Version 4rev2 (IMAP4rev2) allows a client to access and manipulate electronic mail messages on a server. IMAP4rev2 permits manipulation of mailboxes (remote message folders) in a way that is functionally equivalent to local folders. IMAP4rev2 also provides the capability for an offline client to resynchronize with the server. IMAP4rev2 includes operations for creating, deleting, and renaming mailboxes, checking for new messages, permanently removing messages, setting and clearing flags, RFC 5322, RFC 2045 and RFC 2231 parsing, searching, and selective fetching of message attributes, texts, and portions thereof. Messages in IMAP4rev2 are accessed by the use of numbers. These numbers are either message sequence numbers or unique identifiers. IMAP4rev2 does not specify a means of posting mail; this function is handled by a mail submission protocol such as the one specified in RFC 6409. Working Group Summary This document is very long and complex and there was a lot of discussion about specific points. The discussion involved developers from many of the largest IMAP4 servers, as well as client authors. While there are tradeoffs that had to be made, there's nobody in the working group who has expressed unhappiness or concerns about the content of this document. Document Quality IMAP is a widely deployed email client protocol. This document presents a revision based on a consensus of extensions and clarifications that have become common since the previous revision was posted as RFC 3501 in 2003. The document has been closely reviewed by many expert IMAP server implementers. No particular directorate or expert reviews beyond the current contributors and reviewers are mandated. Personnel Bron Gondwana is the Document Shepherd for this document. Murray Kucherawy is the Responsible Area Director.