Network Working Group
Request for Comments: 1725
Obsoletes: 1460
Category: Standards Track
J. Myers
Carnegie Mellon
M. Rose
Dover Beach Consulting, Inc.
November 1994
Post Office Protocol - Version 3
Status of this Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Table of Contents
Overview
This memo is a revision to RFC 1460, a Draft Standard. It makes the
following changes from that document:
removed text regarding "split-UA model", which didn't add
anything to the understanding of POP
clarified syntax of commands, keywords, and arguments
clarified behavior on broken connection
explicitly permitted an inactivity autologout timer
clarified the requirements of the "exclusive-access lock"
removed implementation-specific wording regarding the parsing of
the maildrop
allowed servers to close the connection after a failed
authentication command
removed the LAST command
fixed typo in example of TOP command
clarified that the second argument to the TOP command is non-
negative
added the optional UIDL command
added warning regarding length of shared secrets with APOP
added additional warnings to the security considerations section