PCMAIL: A distributed mail system for personal computers
RFC 993, “PCMAIL: A distributed mail system for personal computers”, is an Unknown document published in December 1986 by D.D. Clark, M.L. Lambert. It obsoletes RFC 984. It has been obsoleted by RFC 1056 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document is a discussion of the Pcmail workstation-based distributed mail system. It is a revision of the design published in NIC RFC-984. The revision is based on discussion and comment fromm a variety of sources, as well as further research into the design of interactive Pcmail clients and the use of client code on machines other than IBM PCs. As this design may change, implementation of this document is not advised. Obsoletes RFC-984.
What “Unknown” means
The standards-track status of this early RFC was never formally classified.
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- RFC 992 On communication support for fault tolerant process groups
- RFC 994 Final text of DIS 8473, Protocol for Providing the Connectionless- mode Network Service
- RFC 991 Official ARPA-Internet protocols
- RFC 995 End System to Intermediate System Routing Exchange Protocol for use in conjunction with ISO 8473
- RFC 990 Assigned numbers
- RFC 988 Host extensions for IP multicasting
- RFC 987 Mapping between X.400 and RFC 822
- RFC 986 Guidelines for the use of Internet-IP addresses in the ISO Connectionless-Mode Network Protocol