RFC 4417 · INFORMATIONAL · 2006

Report of the 2004 IAB Messaging Workshop

Overview

RFC 4417, “Report of the 2004 IAB Messaging Workshop”, is an Informational document published in February 2006 by P. Resnick, P. Saint-Andre. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document reports the outcome of a workshop held by the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) on the future of Internet messaging. The workshop was held on 6 and 7 October 2004 in Burlingame, CA, USA. The goal of the workshop was to examine the current state of different messaging technologies on the Internet (including, but not limited to, electronic mail, instant messaging, and voice messaging), to look at their commonalities and differences, and to find engineering, research, and architectural topics on which future work could be done. This report summarizes the discussions and conclusions of the workshop and of the IAB. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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