Internet Email Protocols: A Developer's Guide - Softcover

Johnson, Kevin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201432889 ISBN 13: 9780201432886

Publisher: Addison-Wesley, 2000

Synopsis

Internet Email Protocols gathers, in one comprehensive and convenient resource, the key technologies that form the underlying mechanics of Internet email. It provides developers and networking professionals with in-depth explanations of essential concepts and a framework for understanding how and why these technologies fit together to provide cohesive email services. This book shows how to troubleshoot and solve email problems, how to evaluate different implementations of the standards and protocols, and how to be better equipped when faced with the challenge of writing programs that process email.

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Review

Internet Email Protocols: A Developer's Guide seeks to fill the gap in published material on the nitty-gritty details of how Internet e-mail really works. With patient precision, the book succeeds in delivering a definitive examination of the various e-mail standards defined by a slew of public Request for Comment (RFC) specifications.

The text is designed for software developers who need to know everything about Internet e-mail--from protocol communications down to the definitions of individual ASCII characters. The book begins with an overview of the standards process and a thorough history of e-mail. It then presents the key protocols and specifications that collectively form what we refer to as "Internet e-mail." It carefully defines all the elements of mail messages themselves, and then presents the Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP)--the lifeblood of mail movement on the Net.

Subsequent chapters lay out POP, IMAP, MIME, PGP, and other crucial standards in consistent detail. Along the way, the book continually references the RFCs. An accompanying CD-ROM contains all of the relevant RFC documents and the source code for publicly available e-mail applications. When it comes to the inner workings of e-mail, you won't find a more complete, and readable, presentation. --Stephen W. Plain

Topics covered: Internet e-mail overview, mail message fields, SMTP, MIME, POP, IMAP, filtering, mailing list processing, security (services, frameworks, extensions, MIME security).

About the Author

Kevin Johnson is a Senior Network Services Engineer for the Engineering Services Department of Motorola Inc.'s Motorola Computer Group.

Edition details

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0201432889
• ISBN 13: 9780201432886
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 512