2192: IMAP URL Scheme.

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IMAP [IMAP4] is a rich protocol for accessing remote message stores. It provides an ideal mechanism for accessing public mailing list archives as well as private and shared message stores. This document defines a URL scheme for referencing objects on an IMAP server.

Status PROPOSED STANDARD
Format TXT=31426 bytes
Authors
Date September 1997
Keyphrases IMAP URL IMAP URL mailbox

References

RFC822: STANDARD FOR THE FORMAT OF ARPA INTERNET TEXT
RFC1731: IMAP4 Authentication Mechanisms.
RFC1738: Uniform Resource Locators (URL).
RFC1808: Relative Uniform Resource Locators.
RFC2044: UTF-8, a transformation format of Unicode and ISO 10646.
RFC2045: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message Bodies.
RFC2060: Internet Message Access Protocol - Version 4rev1.
RFC2068: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1.
RFC2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels.

Referenced by

RFC2193: IMAP4 Mailbox Referrals.
RFC2221: IMAP4 Login Referrals.
RFC2244: ACAP -- Application Configuration Access Protocol.
RFC2342: IMAP4 Namespace.
RFC2384: POP URL Scheme.
RFC3656: The Mailbox Update (MUPDATE) Distributed Mailbox Database Protocol.
RFC3795: Survey of IPv4 Addresses in Currently Deployed IETF Application Area Standards Track and Experimental Documents.
RFC3987: Internationalized Resource Identifiers (IRIs).
RFC4467: Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) - URLAUTH Extension.
RFC4468: Message Submission BURL Extension.
RFC4469: Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) CATENATE Extension.