Detailed Revision/Update of Message Standards The charter of the DRUMS IETF working group. DRUMS works on clarifying, codifying, and extending existing Internet messaging standards. |
Email Addressing FAQ The user+box@host addressing FAQ. A discussion of what exactly is permissible and verifiable in an e-mail address. |
Internet Mail Consortium Information about IMC and its members, all the Internet mail standards, and links to several IMC-hosted mailing lists. |
MIME Meta-FAQ comp.mail.mime meta-FAQ: Help for MIME problems. Pointers to information about Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions and some answers to common problems with MIME. |
Mini FAQ on Client-Server Mail Protocols A brief summary of POP3, SMTP, and IMAP, including pointers to sources and frequently-asked-questions sites. |
Network Services and Applications A series of lecture notes and slides from the Faculty of Informatics and Communication, Central Queensland University. Covers many mail protocols. |
SMTP An extensive tutorial on the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. |
The IMAP Connection University of Washington collection of IMAP documentation and resources. |