Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) - Version 4rev2
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Network Working Group                                   A. Melnikov, Ed.
Internet-Draft                                                 Isode Ltd
Obsoletes: 3501 (if approved)                              B. Leiba, Ed.
Intended status: Standards Track                  Futurewei Technologies
Expires: August 20, 2021                               February 16, 2021

        Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) - Version 4rev2
                     draft-ietf-extra-imap4rev2-30

Abstract

   The Internet Message Access Protocol, Version 4rev2 (IMAP4rev2)
   allows a client to access and manipulate electronic mail messages on
   a server.  IMAP4rev2 permits manipulation of mailboxes (remote
   message folders) in a way that is functionally equivalent to local
   folders.  IMAP4rev2 also provides the capability for an offline
   client to resynchronize with the server.

   IMAP4rev2 includes operations for creating, deleting, and renaming
   mailboxes, checking for new messages, permanently removing messages,
   setting and clearing flags, RFC 5322, RFC 2045 and RFC 2231 parsing,
   searching, and selective fetching of message attributes, texts, and
   portions thereof.  Messages in IMAP4rev2 are accessed by the use of
   numbers.  These numbers are either message sequence numbers or unique
   identifiers.

   IMAP4rev2 does not specify a means of posting mail; this function is
   handled by a mail submission protocol such as the one specified in
   RFC 6409.

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Melnikov & Leiba         Expires August 20, 2021                [Page 1]
Internet-Draft                  IMAP4rev2                  February 2021

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Table of Contents

   1.  How to Read This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     1.1.  Organization of This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     1.2.  Conventions Used in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     1.3.  Special Notes to Implementors . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   2.  Protocol Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     2.1.  Link Level  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     2.2.  Commands and Responses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
       2.2.1.  Client Protocol Sender and Server Protocol Receiver .   8
       2.2.2.  Server Protocol Sender and Client Protocol Receiver .   8
     2.3.  Message Attributes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
       2.3.1.  Message Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
       2.3.2.  Flags Message Attribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
       2.3.3.  Internal Date Message Attribute . . . . . . . . . . .  14
       2.3.4.  [RFC-5322] Size Message Attribute . . . . . . . . . .  14
       2.3.5.  Envelope Structure Message Attribute  . . . . . . . .  14
       2.3.6.  Body Structure Message Attribute  . . . . . . . . . .  14
     2.4.  Message Texts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15