RFC 937 · HISTORIC · 1985
WED · 29 JUL 2026
Post Office Protocol: Version 2
Overview
RFC 937, “Post Office Protocol: Version 2”, is a Historic document published in February 1985 by M. Butler, J. Postel, D. Chase, J. Goldberger, J.K. Reynolds. It obsoletes RFC 918. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This RFC suggests a simple method for workstations to dynamically access mail from a mailbox server. This RFC specifies a proposed protocol for the ARPA-Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvement. This memo is a revision of RFC-918.
What “Historic” means
A specification that has been superseded or is otherwise no longer recommended for use.
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Relationships to other RFCs
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- RFC 936 Another Internet subnet addressing scheme
- RFC 938 Internet Reliable Transaction Protocol functional and interface specification
- RFC 935 Reliable link layer protocols
- RFC 939 Executive summary of the NRC report on transport protocols for Department of Defense data networks
- RFC 934 Proposed standard for message encapsulation
- RFC 940 Toward an Internet standard scheme for subnetting
- RFC 933 Output marking Telnet option
- RFC 941 Addendum to the network service definition covering network layer addressing