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=== RFCs ===
[http://rfc-editor.org/bcp-index.html Best Current Practices (BCPs)] - IETF's best recommendations, going beyond the standards.
  BCP30  - Anti-Spam Recommendations for SMTP MTAs
  BCP38  - Defeating Denial of Service Attacks
  BCP46  - Recommended ISP Security Procedures
  BCP134 - Email Submission Operations: Access and Accountability Requirements


RFC-1939, STD-53 (1996), "Post Office Protocol - Version 3", J. Myers, M. Rose, http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1939.  IETF Standard.  POP3, the most common protocol used by mail clients to access a mailstore.


RFC-2045..2049 (1996), "Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)", Parts 1..5, N. Freed, N. Borenstein, K. Moore, J. Klensin, J. Postel, http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2045 ...  IETF Standards Track.  Extensions to allow encoding of graphics and other non-ASCII content in email message bodies.  
[http://iana.org IANA Registries] - Official registries for special domain names, reserved numbers, and protocol parameters.


RFC-3501 (2003), "Internet Message Access Protocol - Version 4rev1", M. Crispin, http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3501. IETF Standards Track. An access protocol more versatile than POP3, allowing messages to be organized and kept at the mailstore.
[http://iana.org/protocols IANA Protocol Registries] - Registries relevant to email systems
 
  Message Header Fields
RFC-5321 (2008), "Simple Mail Transfer Protocol", J. Klensin, ed., http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5321.  IETF Draft Standard.  Original SMTP plus recent extensions (ESMTP).
  Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)
 
  Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Enhanced Status Codes
RFC-5322 (2008), "Internet Message Format", P. Resnick, ed., http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5322.  IETF Draft Standard. Basic email message formats, including headers.
  Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Service Extensions
 
RFC-5598 (2009), "Internet Mail Architecture", D. Crocker, http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5598.  IETF Informational document.  A detailed look at email system architecture.

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Best Current Practices (BCPs) - IETF's best recommendations, going beyond the standards.

 BCP30  - Anti-Spam Recommendations for SMTP MTAs
 BCP38  - Defeating Denial of Service Attacks
 BCP46  - Recommended ISP Security Procedures
 BCP134 - Email Submission Operations: Access and Accountability Requirements


IANA Registries - Official registries for special domain names, reserved numbers, and protocol parameters.

IANA Protocol Registries - Registries relevant to email systems

 Message Header Fields
 Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)
 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Enhanced Status Codes
 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Service Extensions