RFC 1056 · INFORMATIONAL · 1988
WED · 29 JUL 2026
PCMAIL: A distributed mail system for personal computers
Overview
RFC 1056, “PCMAIL: A distributed mail system for personal computers”, is an Informational document published in June 1988 by M.L. Lambert. It obsoletes RFC 993. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This memo is a discussion of the Pcmail workstation based distributed mail system. It is identical to the discussion in RFC-993, save that a new, much simpler mail transport protocol is described. The new transport protocol is the result of continued research into ease of protocol implementation and use issues.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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Relationships to other RFCs
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