RFC 4239 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2005

Internet Voice Messaging

Overview

RFC 4239, “Internet Voice Messaging”, is a Proposed Standard document published in November 2005 by S. McRae, G. Parsons. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document describes the carriage of voicemail messages over Internet mail as part of a unified messaging infrastructure.

The Internet Voice Messaging (IVM) concept described in this document is not a successor format to VPIM v2 (Voice Profile for Internet Mail Version 2), but rather an alternative specification for a different application. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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What “Proposed Standard” means

An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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