Internet E-Mail
Protocols, Standards, and Implementation
Published in July 1998
Book
Hardback
488 pages
978-0-89006-939-4 (ISBN)
Description
Aims to strengthen the reader's knowledge of the fundamental concepts and technical details necessary to develop, implement, or debug e-mail software. The text explains the underlying technology and describes the key Internet e-mail protocols and extensions such as SMTP, POP3, IMAP, MIME and DSN. It aims to help the reader build a sound understanding of e-mail archtitecture, message flow and tracing protocols, and includes real-world examples of message exchanges with program code that they can refer to when developing or debugging their own systems. The reader should also gain valuable insight into various security topics, including public and secret key encryption, digital signatures and key management. Each chapter begins with a detailed definition list to help speed the reader's understanding of technical terms and acronyms. The CD-ROM contains a listing of related Internet RFCs, as well as RSA PKCS documents, Eudora 3.0 freeware client, and the free user version of Software.com.Post.Office Server for Windows NT 3.0.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Norwood
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Laminated cover
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
780 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-89006-939-4 (9780890069394)
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Person
Lawrence Hughes has more than 20 years of experience in the computer industry and is currently a regional consulting engineer for Inacom Information Systems, Atlanta, Georgia. He received his B.S. in Mathematics from Florida State University.
Content
Basic Concepts -- System Architecture. Internet E-Mail Architecture. Intermediate Concepts -- Attachments and Address Books. Advanced Concepts -- Security. Applications of Security. Standards-Based ('Open') E-Mail Versus Proprietary Systems. TCP/IP -- The Internet Protocol Suite. DNS -- The Domain Name System. Internet Directory Services. Microsoft Active Directory. Firewalls and Proxy Servers. Network Troubleshooting. SMTP -- Simple Message Transfer Protocol. MIME -- Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. DSN -- Delivery Status Notification Extensions. POP -- Post Office Protocol. IMAP -- Internet Message Access Protocol. ACAP -- Application Configuration Access Protocol. NNTP -- Network News Transfer Protocol.