RFC 9051: Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) - Version 4rev2

The Internet Message Access Protocol Version 4rev2 (IMAP4rev2) allows a client to access and manipulate electronic mail messages on a server. IMAP4rev2…

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Outgoing relationships (17 related RFCs)

Obsoletes — RFC 3501: INTERNET MESSAGE ACCESS PROTOCOL - VERSION 4rev1
Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 8174: Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words
Normative reference — RFC 5234: Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF
Normative reference — RFC 2047: MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part Three: Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII Text
Normative reference — RFC 2183: Communicating Presentation Information in Internet Messages: The Content-Disposition Header Field
Normative reference — RFC 2978: IANA Charset Registration Procedures
Normative reference — RFC 4616: The PLAIN Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Mechanism
Normative reference — RFC 3282: Content Language Headers
Normative reference — RFC 4752: The Kerberos V5 ("GSSAPI") Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Mechanism
Normative reference — RFC 1864: The Content-MD5 Header Field
Normative reference — RFC 2077: The Model Primary Content Type for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
Normative reference — RFC 2557: MIME Encapsulation of Aggregate Documents, such as HTML (MHTML)
Normative reference — RFC 7677: SCRAM-SHA-256 and SCRAM-SHA-256-PLUS Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Mechanisms
Normative reference — RFC 5258: Internet Message Access Protocol version 4 - LIST Command Extensions
Normative reference — RFC 5788: IMAP4 Keyword Registry
Normative reference — RFC 8081: The "font" Top-Level Media Type

Incoming relationships (7 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 9394: IMAP PARTIAL Extension for Paged SEARCH and FETCH
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9208: IMAP QUOTA Extension
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9698: The JMAPACCESS Extension for IMAP
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9979: Registration of Further IMAP/JMAP Keywords and Mailbox Name Attributes
Normatively referenced by — RFC 10022: IMAP UIDBATCHES Extension
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9325: Recommendations for Secure Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9787: Guidance on End-to-End Email Security