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This is a collection of links to pages which explain various protocols related to email handling. If you're looking for mail software, go look in Computers:Software. This is for people interested in understanding how the mail system itself works.
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Internet Mail Consortium
Information about IMC and its members, all the Internet mail standards, and links to several IMC-hosted mailing lists.
Message Access Paradigms and Protocols
Provides extensive background and compares the Post Office Protocol (POP) with the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP).
Email Addressing FAQ
The user+box@host addressing FAQ. A discussion of what exactly is permissible and verifiable in an e-mail address.
The IMAP Connection
University of Washington collection of IMAP documentation and resources.
MIME Meta-FAQ
comp.mail.mime meta-FAQ: Help for MIME problems. Pointers to information about Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions and some answers to common problems with MIME.
Detailed Revision/Update of Message Standards
The charter of the DRUMS IETF working group. DRUMS works on clarifying, codifying, and extending existing Internet messaging standards.
Network Services and Applications
A series of lecture notes and slides from the Faculty of Informatics and Communication, Central Queensland University. Covers many mail protocols.
Client-Server Mail Protocols FAQ
A brief summary of POP3, SMTP, and IMAP, including pointers to sources and frequently-asked-questions sites. |
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