File formats:

Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Author:

J. Myers

Stream:

IETF

Source:

imap (app)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC1731

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Abstract

The Internet Message Access Protocol, Version 4 [IMAP4] contains the AUTHENTICATE command, for identifying and authenticating a user to an IMAP4 server and for optionally negotiating a protection mechanism for subsequent protocol interactions. This document describes several authentication mechanisms for use by the IMAP4 AUTHENTICATE command. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.