Subject: Re: /etc/services and imap
To: Erik Bertelsen <erik@mediator.uni-c.dk>
From: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
List: current-users
Date: 02/12/2000 12:44:59
>After seeing today's change to /etc/services:
>Index: services
>===================================================================
>RCS file: /home/cvs-base/src/etc/services,v
>retrieving revision 1.1.1.13
>retrieving revision 1.1.1.14
>diff -r1.1.1.13 -r1.1.1.14
>1c1
>< #	$NetBSD: services,v 1.31 1999/02/14 00:43:38 lukem Exp $
>---
>> #	$NetBSD: services,v 1.32 2000/02/10 18:20:56 itojun Exp $
>83,84c83,84
>< imap2		143/tcp				# Interim Mail Access Proto v2
>< imap2		143/udp
>---
>> imap		143/tcp		imap2 imap4	# Interim Mail Access Proto v2
>> imap		143/udp		imap2 imap4
>-- I wonder whether it is time to s/Interim/Internet/ :-) (and possibly
>s/ v2/col/).

	Thanks, I now checked rfc-index, this is interesting.  Where did
	IMAP1 (if exist) defined?  And what was "I" or "IMAP1"?

	Anyway I'll change it to honor version 4 ("Internet Message Access
	Protocol" - or some short notation if it does not fit the width).

itojun


IMAP2
1064 Interactive Mail Access Protocol: Version 2. M.R. Crispin.
     Jul-01-1988. (Format: TXT=57813 bytes) (Obsoleted by RFC1176,
     RFC1203) (Status: UNKNOWN)
1176 Interactive Mail Access Protocol: Version 2. M.R. Crispin.
     Aug-01-1990. (Format: TXT=67330 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1064) (Status:
     EXPERIMENTAL)

IMAP3
1203 Interactive Mail Access Protocol: Version 3. J. Rice.
     Feb-01-1991. (Format: TXT=123325 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1064) (Status:
     HISTORIC)

IMAP4
1730 Internet Message Access Protocol - Version 4. M. Crispin.
     December 1994. (Format: TXT=156660 bytes) (Obsoleted by RFC2060,
     RFC2061) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)