RFC 3206 on The SYS and AUTH POP Response Codes

RFC Editor <rfc-ed@ISI.EDU> Wed, 13 February 2002 00:51 UTC

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        RFC 3206

        Title:	    The SYS and AUTH POP Response Codes
        Author(s):  R. Gellens
        Status:     Standards Track
	Date:       February 2002
        Mailbox:    randy@qualcomm.com
        Pages:      6
        Characters: 9917
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:  None

        I-D Tag:    draft-gellens-pop-err-01.txt

        URL:        ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3206.txt


This memo proposes two response codes: SYS and AUTH, which enable
clients to unambiguously determine an optimal response to an
authentication failure.  In addition, a new capability
(AUTH-RESP-CODE) is defined.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for
the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions
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"Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the
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