RFC 5256 on Internet Message Access Protocol

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        RFC 5256

        Title:      Internet Message Access Protocol - 
                    SORT and THREAD Extensions 
        Author:     M. Crispin, K. Murchison
        Status:     Standards Track
        Date:       June 2008
        Mailbox:    IMAP+SORT+THREAD@Lingling.Panda.COM, 
                    murch@andrew.cmu.edu
        Pages:      19
        Characters: 40779
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-imapext-sort-20.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5256.txt

This document describes the base-level server-based sorting and
threading extensions to the IMAP protocol.  These extensions
provide substantial performance improvements for IMAP clients that
offer sorted and threaded views.  [STANDARDS TRACK]

This document is a product of the Internet Message Access Protocol Extension Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet standards track
protocol for the Internet community,and requests discussion and suggestions
for improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the Internet
Official Protocol Standards (STD 1) for the standardization state and
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RFC 5256 on Internet Message Access Protocol - SORT and THREAD Extensions