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- From: busma@TGV.COM
- Newsgroups: vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.multinet
- Subject: Re: Support for IMAP mail clients?
- Message-ID: <2380663530JUL92190819@TGV.COM>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 19:08:19 GMT
- Organization: The INFO-MULTINET Community
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- X-RFC822-From: busma @ TGV.COM (Jeffrey D. Busma)
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- From: rainwatr@ucbeh.san.uc.edu
- >
- > Does Multinet support (or plan to support) IMAP mail clients?
- >We're starting to evaluate our email client options, and someone mentioned
- >that IMAP is supposed to be "better" than POP.
- >
- MultiNet currently does not have an IMAPx server.
- While TGV may develop an IMAPx server in a future release, there are no
- plans at this time to support IMAPx. (x=version 2 or 3)
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- We considered doing so 1-1/2 years ago, however IMAP clients
- were not in abundance.
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- > While I'm at it, can someone tell me where I can get more
- >information about IMAP? Thanks.
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- IMAP2 is documented in RFC1172
- IMAP3 is documented in RFC1203
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- Jeff
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