[rfc-dist] RFC 4467 on Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) - URLAUTH Extension

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        RFC 4467

        Title:      Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) 
                    - URLAUTH Extension 
        Author:     M. Crispin
        Status:     Standards Track
        Date:       May 2006
        Mailbox:    MRC at CAC.Washington.EDU
        Pages:      18
        Characters: 36714
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-lemonade-urlauth-08.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4467.txt

This document describes the URLAUTH extension to the Internet
Message Access Protocol (IMAP) (RFC 3501) and the IMAP URL Scheme
(IMAPURL) (RFC 2192).  This extension provides a means by which an
IMAP client can use URLs carrying authorization to access limited
message data on the IMAP server.

An IMAP server that supports this extension indicates this with a
capability name of "URLAUTH".  [STANDARDS TRACK]

This document is a product of the Enhancements to Internet email to 
support diverse service environments Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet standards track
protocol for the Internet community,and requests discussion and 
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Joyce K. Reynolds and Sandy Ginoza
USC/Information Sciences Institute

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