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author | Eduardo Chappa <chappa@washington.edu> | 2013-06-03 10:30:56 -0600 |
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committer | Eduardo Chappa <chappa@washington.edu> | 2013-06-03 10:30:56 -0600 |
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* Changes to configure.ac to add -lkrb5 to the link
* Changes to avoud errors in compilation when -Wformat-security is used
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diff --git a/imap/docs/rfc/rfc1733.txt b/imap/docs/rfc/rfc1733.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 2ec385f0..00000000 --- a/imap/docs/rfc/rfc1733.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,171 +0,0 @@ - - - - - - -Network Working Group M. Crispin -Request for Comments: 1733 University of Washington -Category: Informational December 1994 - - - DISTRIBUTED ELECTRONIC MAIL MODELS IN IMAP4 - - -Status of this Memo - - This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo - does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of - this memo is unlimited. - - -Distributed Electronic Mail Models - - There are three fundamental models of client/server email: offline, - online, and disconnected use. IMAP4 can be used in any one of these - three models. - - The offline model is the most familiar form of client/server email - today, and is used by protocols such as POP-3 (RFC 1225) and UUCP. - In this model, a client application periodically connects to a - server. It downloads all the pending messages to the client machine - and deletes these from the server. Thereafter, all mail processing - is local to the client. This model is store-and-forward; it moves - mail on demand from an intermediate server (maildrop) to a single - destination machine. - - The online model is most commonly used with remote filesystem - protocols such as NFS. In this model, a client application - manipulates mailbox data on a server machine. A connection to the - server is maintained throughout the session. No mailbox data are - kept on the client; the client retrieves data from the server as is - needed. IMAP4 introduces a form of the online model that requires - considerably less network bandwidth than a remote filesystem - protocol, and provides the opportunity for using the server for CPU - or I/O intensive functions such as parsing and searching. - - The disconnected use model is a hybrid of the offline and online - models, and is used by protocols such as PCMAIL (RFC 1056). In this - model, a client user downloads some set of messages from the server, - manipulates them offline, then at some later time uploads the - changes. The server remains the authoritative repository of the - messages. The problems of synchronization (particularly when - multiple clients are involved) are handled through the means of - unique identifiers for each message. - - - -Crispin [Page 1] - -RFC 1733 IMAP4 - Model December 1994 - - - Each of these models have their own strengths and weaknesses: - - Feature Offline Online Disc - ------- ------- ------ ---- - Can use multiple clients NO YES YES - Minimum use of server connect time YES NO YES - Minimum use of server resources YES NO NO - Minimum use of client disk resources NO YES NO - Multiple remote mailboxes NO YES YES - Fast startup NO YES NO - Mail processing when not online YES NO YES - - Although IMAP4 has its origins as a protocol designed to accommodate - the online model, it can support the other two models as well. This - makes possible the creation of clients that can be used in any of the - three models. For example, a user may wish to switch between the - online and disconnected models on a regular basis (e.g. owing to - travel). - - IMAP4 is designed to transmit message data on demand, and to provide - the facilities necessary for a client to decide what data it needs at - any particular time. There is generally no need to do a wholesale - transfer of an entire mailbox or even of the complete text of a - message. This makes a difference in situations where the mailbox is - large, or when the link to the server is slow. - - More specifically, IMAP4 supports server-based RFC 822 and MIME - processing. With this information, it is possible for a client to - determine in advance whether it wishes to retrieve a particular - message or part of a message. For example, a user connected to an - IMAP4 server via a dialup link can determine that a message has a - 2000 byte text segment and a 40 megabyte video segment, and elect to - fetch only the text segment. - - In IMAP4, the client/server relationship lasts only for the duration - of the TCP connection. There is no registration of clients. Except - for any unique identifiers used in disconnected use operation, the - client initially has no knowledge of mailbox state and learns it from - the IMAP4 server when a mailbox is selected. This initial transfer - is minimal; the client requests additional state data as it needs. - - As noted above, the choice for the location of mailbox data depends - upon the model chosen. The location of message state (e.g. whether - or not a message has been read or answered) is also determined by the - model, and is not necessarily the same as the location of the mailbox - data. For example, in the online model message state can be co- - located with mailbox data; it can also be located elsewhere (on the - client or on a third agent) using unique identifiers to achieve - - - -Crispin [Page 2] - -RFC 1733 IMAP4 - Model December 1994 - - - common reference across sessions. The latter is particularly useful - with a server that exports public data such as netnews and does not - maintain per-user state. - - The IMAP4 protocol provides the generality to implement these - different models. This is done by means of server and (especially) - client configuration, and not by requiring changes to the protocol or - the implementation of the protocol. - - -Security Considerations - - Security issues are not discussed in this memo. - - -Author's Address: - - Mark R. Crispin - Networks and Distributed Computing, JE-30 - University of Washington - Seattle, WA 98195 - - Phone: (206) 543-5762 - - EMail: MRC@CAC.Washington.EDU - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Crispin [Page 3] - |