Relevant standards for public-inbox users and hackers ----------------------------------------------------- Non-exhaustive list of standards public-inbox software attempts or intends to implement. This list is intended to be a quick reference for hackers and users. Given the goals of interoperability and accessibility; strict conformance to standards is not always possible, but rather best-effort taking into account real-world cases. In particular, "obsolete" standards remain relevant as long as clients and data exists. IETF RFCs --------- rfc3977 - NNTP https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3977 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=3977 rfc977 - NNTP (old) https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc977 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=977 rfc1036 - Standard for Interchange of USENET Messages https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1036 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=1036 rfc5536 - Netnews Article Format https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5536 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=5536 rfc5537 - Netnews Architecture and Protocols https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5537 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=5537 rfc1738 - Uniform resource locators https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1738 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=1738 rfc5092 - IMAP URL scheme https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5092 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=5092 rfc5538 - NNTP URI schemes https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5538 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=5538 rfc6048 - NNTP additions to LIST command (TODO) https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6048 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=6048 rfc8054 - NNTP compression https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8054 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=8054 rfc4642 - NNTP TLS https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4642 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=4642 rfc8143 - NNTP TLS https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8143 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=8143 rfc2980 - NNTP extensions (obsolete, but NOT irrelevant) https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2980 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=2980 rfc4287 - Atom syndication https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4287 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=4287 rfc4685 - Atom threading extensions https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4685 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=4685 rfc2919 - List-Id mail header https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2919 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=2919 rfc5064 - Archived-At mail header https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5064 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=5064 rfc3986 - URI escaping https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=3986 rfc1521 - MIME extensions https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1521 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=1521 rfc2616 - HTTP/1.1 (newer updates should apply, too) https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=2616 rfc7230 - HTTP/1.1 message syntax and routing https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=7230 rfc7231 - HTTP/1.1 semantics and content https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=7231 rfc822 - Internet message format (1982) https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc822 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=822 rfc2822 - Internet message format (2001) https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2822 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=2822 rfc5322 - Internet message format (2008) https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5322 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=5322 rfc3501 - IMAP4rev1 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3501 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=3501 rfc2177 - IMAP IDLE https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2177 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=2177 rfc2683 - IMAP4 Implementation Recommendations https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2683 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=2683 rfc4978 - IMAP COMPRESS Extension https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4978 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=4978 rfc2369 - URLs as Meta-Syntax for Core Mail List Commands https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2369 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=2369 rfc8058 - Signaling One-Click Functionality for List Email Headers https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8058 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=8058 rfc1081 - Post Office Protocol – Version 3 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1081 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=1081 rfc1939 - Post Office Protocol – Version 3 (STD 53) https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1939 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=1939 rfc2449 - POP3 extension mechanism https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2449 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=2449 rfc2595 - STARTTLS for IMAP and POP3 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2595 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=2595 rfc2384 - POP URL Scheme https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2384 https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=2384 Other relevant documentation ---------------------------- * IMAP capabilities registry and response codes: https://www.iana.org/assignments/imap-capabilities https://www.iana.org/assignments/imap-response-codes * Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt in git source code: https://public-inbox.org/git/9c5b6f0fac/s * Various mbox formats (we currently emit and parse mboxrd) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbox * PSGI/Plack specifications (as long as our web frontend uses Perl5) git clone https://github.com/plack/psgi-specs.git Copyright --------- Copyright (C) all contributors <meta@public-inbox.org> License: AGPL-3.0+ <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>