Internet mail standard
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Internet e-mail functions through the use of a coordinated set of internet standards. Although many more standards actually apply to e-mail, virtually all mail servers and e-mail clients support at least the following basic set.
- SMTP (or RFC 2821) specifies the protocol by which email is transmitted
- RFC 2822 specifies the basic format for email
- MIME supplements the e-mail formatting rules to allow non-English text in both e-mail headers and bodies, and defines a mechanism for including non-textual attachments in e-mail bodies
- POP3 and IMAP4 specify e-mail retrieval protocols used by e-mail clients
See also
External link
- Internet Mail Consortium's list of email standards (http://www.imc.org/mail-standards.html)