2384: POP URL Scheme.

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[POP3] is a widely-deployed mail access protocol. Many programs access POP3 message stores, and thus need POP3 configuration information. Since there are multiple configuration elements which are required in order to access a mailbox, a single string representation is convenient.

Status PROPOSED STANDARD
Format TXT=13649 bytes
Authors
Date August 1998
Keyphrases POP URL Standards Track AUTH

References

RFC1734: POP3 AUTHentication command.
RFC1738: Uniform Resource Locators (URL).
RFC1939: Post Office Protocol - Version 3.
RFC2060: Internet Message Access Protocol - Version 4rev1.
RFC2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels.
RFC2192: IMAP URL Scheme.
RFC2222: Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL).
RFC2234: Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications:
RFC2244: ACAP -- Application Configuration Access Protocol.
RFC2279: UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646.

Referenced by

RFC3795: Survey of IPv4 Addresses in Currently Deployed IETF Application Area Standards Track and Experimental Documents.
RFC3987: Internationalized Resource Identifiers (IRIs).