RFC1339 on Remote Mail Checking Protocol

Joyce Reynolds <jkrey@isi.edu> Tue, 30 June 1992 01:27 UTC

From: Joyce Reynolds <jkrey@isi.edu>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1992 09:39:21 -0700
Posted-Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1992 09:39:21 -0700
Message-Id: <199206291639.AA00346@akamai.isi.edu>
To: ietf@isi.edu, rfc-dist@nic.ddn.mil
Subject: RFC1339 on Remote Mail Checking Protocol
Cc: jkrey@isi.edu



A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.


        RFC 1339:

        Title:      Remote Mail Checking Protocol
        Author:     S. Dorner & P. Resnick
        Mailbox:    s-dorner@uiuc.edu, resnick@cogsci.uiuc.edu
        Pages:      5
        Characters: 13,115
        Updates/Obsoletes:  none


This RFC defines a protocol to provide a mail checking service to be
used between a client and server pair. Typically, a small program on
a client workstation would use the protocol to query a server in
order to find out whether new mail has arrived for a specified user.

This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested.
Please refer to the current edition of the "IAB Official Protocol
Standards" for the standardization state and status of this
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Joyce K. Reynolds
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RFC1339 on Remote Mail Checking Protocol Joyce Reynolds