RFC 2060
E213172
RFC 2060 was the original specification of the Internet Message Access Protocol version 4 (IMAP4), defining how email clients access and manage messages on a mail server.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RFC 2060 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1881429 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RFC 2060 Context triple: [RFC 3501, obsoletes, RFC 2060]
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A.
RFC 3720
RFC 3720 is the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that specifies the Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) protocol for transporting SCSI commands over IP networks.
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B.
RFC 1906
RFC 1906 is an Internet standard that specifies the transport mappings for SNMPv2, detailing how SNMP messages are carried over various network protocols.
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C.
RFC 3710
RFC 3710 is an IETF document that defines the purpose, structure, and procedures of the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) within the Internet standards process.
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D.
RFC 2572
RFC 2572 is an earlier IETF specification that defined the Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) before being superseded by RFC 3412.
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E.
RFC 4380
RFC 4380 is an IETF standard that specifies the Teredo protocol for providing IPv6 connectivity to nodes located behind IPv4 network address translators (NATs).
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RFC 2060 Target entity description: RFC 2060 was the original specification of the Internet Message Access Protocol version 4 (IMAP4), defining how email clients access and manage messages on a mail server.
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A.
RFC 3720
RFC 3720 is the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that specifies the Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) protocol for transporting SCSI commands over IP networks.
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B.
RFC 1906
RFC 1906 is an Internet standard that specifies the transport mappings for SNMPv2, detailing how SNMP messages are carried over various network protocols.
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C.
RFC 3710
RFC 3710 is an IETF document that defines the purpose, structure, and procedures of the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) within the Internet standards process.
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D.
RFC 2572
RFC 2572 is an earlier IETF specification that defined the Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) before being superseded by RFC 3412.
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E.
RFC 4380
RFC 4380 is an IETF standard that specifies the Teredo protocol for providing IPv6 connectivity to nodes located behind IPv4 network address translators (NATs).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Request for Comments
ⓘ
technical standard ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
email clients
ⓘ
mail servers ⓘ |
| area | Applications ⓘ |
| category | Standards Track ⓘ |
| defines |
IMAP4rev1 authentication and authorization model
ⓘ
IMAP4rev1 capabilities mechanism ⓘ IMAP4rev1 client-server interaction model ⓘ IMAP4rev1 command set ⓘ IMAP4rev1 error handling ⓘ IMAP4rev1 extension negotiation via CAPABILITY ⓘ IMAP4rev1 flag semantics ⓘ IMAP4rev1 literal and string syntax ⓘ IMAP4rev1 mailbox access control model ⓘ IMAP4rev1 mailbox hierarchy ⓘ IMAP4rev1 mailbox model ⓘ IMAP4rev1 mailbox subscription model ⓘ IMAP4rev1 message flags ⓘ IMAP4rev1 message retrieval operations ⓘ IMAP4rev1 message sequence numbers ⓘ IMAP4rev1 message store operations ⓘ IMAP4rev1 response formats ⓘ IMAP4rev1 search criteria ⓘ IMAP4rev1 server greeting and logout behavior ⓘ IMAP4rev1 server responses ⓘ IMAP4rev1 state machine ⓘ IMAP4rev1 unique identifiers (UIDs) ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| networkProtocol |
TCP
ⓘ
linked to:
Transmission Control Protocol
|
| obsoletedBy | RFC 3501 ⓘ |
| obsoletes | RFC 1730 ⓘ |
| portNumber | 143 ⓘ |
| protocolFamily | IMAP ⓘ |
| protocolLayer | application layer ⓘ |
| protocolSpecified |
Internet Message Access Protocol version 4rev1
ⓘ
linked to:
RFC 3501
|
| publishedBy |
IETF
ⓘ
linked to:
Internet Engineering Task Force
Internet Engineering Task Force ⓘ |
| replacedBy | IMAP4rev1 specification in RFC 3501 ⓘ |
| rfcNumber | 2060 ⓘ |
| securityConsiderationsSection | Security Considerations ⓘ |
| series |
RFC
ⓘ
linked to:
RFCs
|
| shortTitle |
IMAP4rev1
ⓘ
linked to:
RFC 3501
|
| standardizes | client access to server-stored email ⓘ |
| status | Proposed Standard ⓘ |
| title |
Internet Message Access Protocol - Version 4rev1
ⓘ
linked to:
RFC 3501
|
| useCase |
management of email messages on a server
ⓘ
remote access to email messages ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: RFC 2060 Description of subject: RFC 2060 was the original specification of the Internet Message Access Protocol version 4 (IMAP4), defining how email clients access and manage messages on a mail server.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.