IMAP, Interactive Mail Access Protocol （2）

转自：http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/protocol/imap.htm

Glossary:

Atom.
One or more non-special characters.

Literal string.
A sequence of zero or more bytes (including CR and LF), prefix-quoted with an byte count in the form of an open brace ("{"), the number of bytes, close brace ("}"), and CRLF. In the case of literals transmitted from server to client, the CRLF is immediately followed by the data. In the case of literals transmitted from client to server, the client MUST wait to receive a command continuation request before sending the data (and the remainder of the command).

Quoted string.
A sequence of zero or more 7-bit characters, excluding CR and LF, with double quote (<">) characters at each end.

RFCs:

[RFC 1176] INTERACTIVE MAIL ACCESS PROTOCOL - VERSION 2.

Obsoletes: RFC 1064.

[RFC 1203] INTERACTIVE MAIL ACCESS PROTOCOL - VERSION 3.

Obsoletes: RFC 1064.

[RFC 1731] IMAP4 Authentication Mechanisms.

[RFC 1732] IMAP4 COMPATIBILITY WITH IMAP2 AND IMAP2BIS.

[RFC 1733] DISTRIBUTED ELECTRONIC MAIL MODELS IN IMAP4.

[RFC 2061] IMAP4 COMPATIBILITY WITH IMAP2BIS.

[RFC 2062] Internet Message Access Protocol - Obsolete Syntax.

[RFC 2087] IMAP4 QUOTA extension.

[RFC 2088] IMAP4 non-synchronizing literals.

Cateogry: Standards Track.

Updated by:
RFC 4466.

[RFC 2177] IMAP4 IDLE command.

Defines the IMAP IDLE capability.

[RFC 2180] IMAP4 Multi-Accessed Mailbox Practice.

[RFC 2192] IMAP URL Scheme.

Defines URI scheme imap.

[RFC 2193] IMAP4 Mailbox Referrals.

Category: Standards Track.

Updated by:
RFC 5258.

[RFC 2195] IMAP/POP AUTHorize Extension for Simple Challenge/Response.

Obsoletes: RFC 2095.

[RFC 2221] IMAP4 Login Referrals.

[RFC 2342] IMAP4 Namespace.

Category: Standards Track.

Defines IMAP capability MULTIAPPEND.

Updated by:
RFC 4466.

[RFC 2595] Using TLS with IMAP, POP3 and ACAP.

[RFC 2683] IMAP4 Implementation Recommendations.

[RFC 2971] IMAP4 ID extension.

[RFC 3501] INTERNET MESSAGE ACCESS PROTOCOL - VERSION 4rev1.

Category: Standards Track.

Defines IMAP4rev1.

Obsoletes:
RFC 2060.

Updated by:
RFC 4466, RFC 4467, RFC 4469, RFC 5182.

[RFC 3502] Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) - MULTIAPPEND Extension.

Category: Standards Track.

Defines IMAP capability MULTIAPPEND.

Updated by:
RFC 4466, RFC 4469.

[RFC 3503] Message Disposition Notification (MDN) profile for Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP).

[RFC 3516] IMAP4 Binary Content Extension.

Category: Standards Track.

Defines IMAP capability BINARY.

Updated by:
RFC 4466.

[RFC 3691] Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) UNSELECT command.

Category: Standards Track.

Defines the IMAP UNSELECT capability and UNSELECT command.