RFC 2060: Internet Message Access Protocol - Version 4rev1

The Internet Message Access Protocol, Version 4rev1 (IMAP4rev1) allows a client to access and manipulate electronic mail messages on a server. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Outgoing relationships (17 related RFCs)

Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 1730: Internet Message Access Protocol - Version 4
Informative reference — RFC 2045: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message Bodies
Informative reference — RFC 822: STANDARD FOR THE FORMAT OF ARPA INTERNET TEXT MESSAGES
Informative reference — RFC 2046: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Two: Media Types
Informative reference — RFC 1700: Assigned Numbers
Informative reference — RFC 2047: MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part Three: Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII Text
Informative reference — RFC 821: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 1766: Tags for the Identification of Languages
Informative reference — RFC 1806: Communicating Presentation Information in Internet Messages: The Content-Disposition Header
Informative reference — RFC 1642: UTF-7 - A Mail-Safe Transformation Format of Unicode
Informative reference — RFC 1731: IMAP4 Authentication Mechanisms
Informative reference — RFC 1733: Distributed Electronic Mail Models in IMAP4
Informative reference — RFC 1176: Interactive Mail Access Protocol: Version 2
Informative reference — RFC 1864: The Content-MD5 Header Field
Informative reference — RFC 1732: IMAP4 Compatibility with IMAP2 and IMAP2bis
Informative reference — RFC 2062: Internet Message Access Protocol - Obsolete Syntax
Informative reference — RFC 2061: IMAP4 Compatibility with IMAP2bis

Incoming relationships (15 related RFCs)

Obsoleted by — RFC 3501: INTERNET MESSAGE ACCESS PROTOCOL - VERSION 4rev1
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4949: Internet Security Glossary, Version 2
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2821: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3461: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Service Extension for Delivery Status Notifications (DSNs)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2231: MIME Parameter Value and Encoded Word Extensions: Character Sets, Languages, and Continuations
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2595: Using TLS with IMAP, POP3 and ACAP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2532: Extended Facsimile Using Internet Mail
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2449: POP3 Extension Mechanism
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3028: Sieve: A Mail Filtering Language
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2305: A Simple Mode of Facsimile Using Internet Mail
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2444: The One-Time-Password SASL Mechanism
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2384: POP URL Scheme
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2626: The Internet and the Millennium Problem (Year 2000)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2808: The SecurID(r) SASL Mechanism
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2683: IMAP4 Implementation Recommendations