RFC 1225 · DRAFT STANDARD · 1991
MON · 27 JUL 2026
Post Office Protocol: Version 3
Overview
RFC 1225, “Post Office Protocol: Version 3”, is a Draft Standard document published in May 1991 by M.T. Rose. It obsoletes RFC 1081. It has been obsoleted by RFC 1460 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This memo suggests a simple method for workstations to dynamically access mail from a mailbox server. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Draft Standard” means
A historical maturity level (retired in 2011) that sat between Proposed Standard and Internet Standard and required multiple interoperable implementations.
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Relationships to other RFCs
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- RFC 1227 SNMP MUX protocol and MIB
- RFC 1222 Advancing the NSFNET routing architecture
- RFC 1228 SNMP-DPI: Simple Network Management Protocol Distributed Program Interface
- RFC 1221 Host Access Protocol specification: Version 2
- RFC 1229 Extensions to the generic-interface MIB