RFC 5957 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2010
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Display-Based Address Sorting for the IMAP4 SORT Extension
Overview
RFC 5957, “Display-Based Address Sorting for the IMAP4 SORT Extension”, is a Proposed Standard document published in July 2010 by D. Karp. It updates RFC 5256. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document describes an IMAP protocol extension enabling server- side message sorting on the commonly displayed portion of the From and To header fields. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
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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