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Essential E-mail Standards: RFCs and Protocols Made Practical (Internet Standards)

Name: Essential E-mail Standards: RFCs and Protocols Made Practical (Internet Standards)
Author: Pete Loshin
ISBN: 9780471345978

by Pete Loshin

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Overview

Complete coverage and analysis of official email standards and protocols Essential Email Standards The Internet Standards Series provides analysis of the latest RFCs (Request for Comments) and guidance on their potential use. It is a convenient source that categorizes the standards, summarizes the important ones, and shows you where to look for all the details. Each book includes a step-by-step action plan for integrating the right standard to the right application. Finding and addressing the Internet email standards that are critical to your network can be very difficult, especially considering that there are over 2,600 RFCs to search through. In this book/CD-ROM set, Pete Loshin conveniently organizes and analyzes the RFCs that are relevant to Internet messaging applications and protocols. With its accessible approach to standards, you'll gain a better understanding of what email functions are, how they work, and what is necessary for Internet email applications. Loshin also provides:*A comprehensive introduction to Internet standards for email and Internet messaging*The process of turning a proposed specification into a full Internet standard*Tips and techniques to find the exact RFC that you need*Lists of Web sites that contain additional information about RFCs and Internet standards*Up-to-date email protocol information*Discussions of key foundational email protocols and applicationsThe CD-ROM contains a fully searchable, digital edition of the book in PDF format. Click on the embedded hyperlinks to conveniently access each and every RFC or protocol referenced in the text directly from the rfc-editor.org site. A copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader is also included.

"...explains what e-mail functions are, how they work & what is necessary for Internet e-mail applications...includes relevant standards for sending & receiving e-mail, sending secure e-mail & administering an e-mail server."