RFC 1731: IMAP4 Authentication Mechanisms

The Internet Message Access Protocol, Version 4 [IMAP4] contains the AUTHENTICATE command, for identifying and authenticating a user to an IMAP4 server and…

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Outgoing relationships (2 related RFCs)

Informative reference — RFC 1508: Generic Security Service Application Program Interface
Informative reference — RFC 1730: Internet Message Access Protocol - Version 4

Incoming relationships (5 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 4450: Getting Rid of the Cruft: Report from an Experiment in Identifying and Reclassifying Obsolete Standards Documents
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2060: Internet Message Access Protocol - Version 4rev1
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1734: POP3 AUTHentication command
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1730: Internet Message Access Protocol - Version 4
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3117: On the Design of Application Protocols