RFC 918 (POP1)

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RFC 918 (POP1) is an early Internet standards document that specifies the original Post Office Protocol (POP) for retrieving email from a remote server.

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Surface form Occurrences
RFC 918 0
Post Office Protocol 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Internet standards document
Request for Comments
email protocol specification
abbreviation POP NERFINISHED
accessMethod text file available via RFC repositories
area Application layer
category experimental protocol
defines original Post Office Protocol
definesOperation deleting messages from the server
listing messages in a mailbox
retrieving messages
user authentication to maildrop
definesRole POP client
POP server
focusesOn offline mail reading model
influenced design of POP3
later POP versions
intendedEnvironment early Internet email systems
language English
layer Application layer of the Internet protocol suite
organization Internet Engineering Task Force NERFINISHED
predecessorOf RFC 1081 NERFINISHED
RFC 1225 NERFINISHED
RFC 1460 NERFINISHED
RFC 1725 NERFINISHED
RFC 1939 NERFINISHED
RFC 937 NERFINISHED
protocolName Post Office Protocol NERFINISHED
protocolType mail retrieval protocol
purpose to allow a workstation or personal computer to retrieve mail from a remote server
relatedProtocol IMAP NERFINISHED
POP2 NERFINISHED
POP3 NERFINISHED
SMTP NERFINISHED
RFCNumber 918
series RFC series NERFINISHED
shortTitle POP1
specifies client-server protocol for mail retrieval
mechanism for retrieving email from a remote server
standardizes POP1 NERFINISHED
status obsolete
title Post Office Protocol NERFINISHED
topic application protocols
electronic mail
transportProtocol TCP NERFINISHED
useCase retrieving messages from a maildrop on a remote host

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

POP abbreviationFor RFC 918 (POP1)
this entity surface form: Post Office Protocol
POP definedIn RFC 918 (POP1)