Internet mail standard

Short description: Standardised baseline rules for email

Internet e-mail functions through the use of Internet Standards. Although many more standards actually apply to e-mail, virtually all mail servers and e-mail clients support at least the following basic set.

* SMTP (or RFC 5321) specifies the protocol by which e-mail is transmitted
* RFC 5322 specifies the basic format for e-mail
* MIME supplements the e-mail formatting rules to allow non-English text in both e-mail headers and bodies, and defines a mechanism for including non-textual attachments in e-mail bodies
* POP3 and IMAP4 specify e-mail retrieval protocols used by e-mail clients

## See also

* Internet standard

## External links

* Internet Mail Consortium's list of e-mail standards

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