Version 3.5.3J Software.com, Inc. 1994 1998 Translated by Open Technologies Corporation
Table of Contents...... 1 1.1 E-mail...1 1.1.1 E-mail...1 1.1.2...2 1.1.3...3 1.1.4...4 1.2 E-mail :...5 1.3...6 1.4...7 1.5...8 Web... 9 2.1...9 2.2...9 2.2.1 NT...11 2.3...11 2.3.1...11 2.3.2...14 2.4 Web...15 2.5...15 2.5.1...15 2.5.2...16 2.6...16... 19 3.1...19 3.2 E-mail...20 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1999
3.3...22 3.4...23 3.4.1 POP3...25 3.4.2...26 3.4.3...26 3.4.4 UNIX UNIX...27 3.5...27 3.6...29 3.7...30 3.8...31 3.9...33... 35 4.1...36 4.2...37 4.3...39 4.3.1 1...40 4.3.2...42 4.3.3...43 4.4...43 4.4.1...43 4.4.2...43 4.4.3...44 4.5...45 4.6...47 4.7...47 4.8 E-mail...48 4.8.1...48 4.8.2...51 4.8.3 subscribe...52 4.8.4 unsubscribe...54 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
4.8.5 which...56 4.8.6 who...56 4.8.7 info...58 4.8.8 lists...59 4.8.9 help...60... 61 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
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! " " : Software.com "Postmistress" Post.Office : Post.Office UNIX: UNIX UNIX Windows NT Post.Office Windows NT: Windows NT NT UNIX Post.Office [ ] ii Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
domain software.com host.domain sparky.software.com user@domain john.doe@software.com E-mail list@domain list@host.domain biking@software.com biking@sparky.software.com list-request@domain biking-request@software.com owner-list@domain owner-biking@software.com ftp.software.com FTP Web http://www.software.com Web "Frequently Asked Questions FAQ " Post.Office.Manual@Software.com E-mail Post.Office Software.com, Inc. 1993 97 Software.com, Inc. 1 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 iii
Post.Office Software.com Software.com, Inc. " Software.com, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Post.Office MD5 Message-Digest RSA Data Security, Inc. 1991 92 "RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest " "RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest " RSA Data Security, Inc. " " Regular Expression Routines Post.Office Regular Expression Routines Henry Spencer 1992 94 American Telephone and Telegraph Company 1. 2. iv Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
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1 Post.Office! Post.Office E-mail Post.Office Post.Office E-mail E-mail E-mail E-mail 1.3 1.1 E-mail E-mail 2 E-mail E-mail 1.1.1 E-mail 2 2 2 2 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 1
3 E-mail E-mail E-mail E-mail 1.1.2 E-mail 2 E-mail 2 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
1.1.3 1-1 To: Jane D. From: John S. Subject: Toga contract termination Date: July 27, 1994 --------------------------------------------------------- Jane, Toga 3:30 John 1-1, E-mail To Jane E-mail =agreement 3 E-mail E-mail 3 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 3
1.1.4 E-mail E-mail ASCII 4 5 E-mail E-mail MIME: MIME E-mail E-mail SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol MIME MIME E-mail MIME E-mail E-mail MIME MIME 4 5 ASCII 4 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
1.2 E-mail : E-mail 2 1 E-mail E-mail Z-mail Eudora E-mail MTA 1 E-mail E-mail E-mail E-mail E-mail E-mail Post.Office Post.Office E-mail Post.Office Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 5
Post.Office E-mail 1.3 Post.Office " Post Office Post.Office3.1.2 J Post.Office Post Office POP3 UNIX Netscape Internet Explore Web Web Web E-mail Post Office 6 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
Post Office Post.Office E-mail POP3 POP3 UNIX UNIX Web Post.Office URL Web 1.4 E-mail SMTP POP E-mail POP3 POP SMTP SMTP POP Post.Office E-mail E-mail Post.Office Post.Office Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 7
1.5 POP SMTP POP3 Post.Office POP 1.4 UNIX UNIX WAN E-mail E-mail Post.Office 3 2 E-mail E-mail Software.com FTP Web http://www.software.com 8 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
2 Web Post.Office Web 6 E-mail Web E-mail 4.8 2.1 Post.Office Web URL Web Web Post.Office E-mail Web 2.2 Web http Post.Office E-mail 7 6 7 Web World Wide Web Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 9
2-1 E-mail [ ] Post.Office : [ ] ] Post.Office E-mail Post.Office Post.Office 3 4 Post.Office 10 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
Web 2.2.1 NT Microsoft Windows NT Post.Office Post.Office NT Post.Office Post.Office NT NT Post.Office NT Post.Office NT Post.Office Web POP Post.Office Post.Office 2-3 NT Post.Office 2.3 Post.Office 2 Web Web 2.3.1 Post.Office Post.Office [ ] ] 3 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 11
2-2 50 12 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
Web 2-3 A-Z B B 50 50 50 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 13
2.3.2 Post.Office Web 2-2 /POP3 [ ] Post.Office 2-4 3 14 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
Web 2.4 Web Post.Office 2 1 Post.Office Web Web Post.Office 2-3 Post.Office BACK Post.Office [ ] [ ] [ [ ] 2.5 Post.Office Web Post.Office Web 2.5.1 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 15
2.5.2 Post.Office postmaster@host.domain john.doe@sparky.software.com postmaster@sparky.software.com 2.6 NT NT POP3 POP3 Post.Office NT Web 1 Post.Office URL Web Post.Office Web URL 2-1 WWW Post.Office Web Post.Office Web URL Post.Office URL / Web " " 16 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
Web Web 80 Web URL Web 80 http://sparky.software.com URL ":#" 80 http://sparky.software.com:80 Post.Office Web Web Post.Office Web 80 Post.Office Web Post.Office Web Post.Office Web 80 Post.Office Web 81 sparky.softwre.com Web 80 Post.Office Web 81 http://sparky.software.com http://sparky.software.com:80 81 Post.Office Web http://sparky.software.com:81 Post.Office Web 81 Post.Office Web URL Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 17
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3 Post.Office E-mail Post.Office 3.1 2 Post.Office 3-1 [ ] Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 19
" " 3.2 E-mail Post.Office 1 E-mail john.doe@software.com jon.doe@software.com john.doe@sparky.software.com john_doe@software.com 20 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
E-mail E-mail E-mail E-mail 3-2 E-mail E-mail E-mail 1 8 8 "from address rewriting" "From:" E-mail Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 21
3.3 /POP3 3-3 /POP3 [ ] [ ] Post.Office POP3 : 2 NT NT NT 22 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
3.4 Post Office 4 POP3 Post Office UNIX UNIX Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 23
3-4 [ ] [ ] : [ ] 1 [ ] Post Office 24 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
3.4.1 POP3 POP3 Post Office Protocol 3 POP3 POP3 POP3 POP3 POP3 POP3 : POP3 POP3 POP3 POP3 Post.Office 3.3 POP3 [POP3 ] POP3 POP3 Post Office POP3 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 25
3.4.2 Post.Office Post.Office POP3 3.4.3 E-mail E-mail E-mail Post.Office Post.Office 26 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
3.4.4 UNIX UNIX UNIX UNIX E-mail UNIX UNIX Post.Office UNIX : UNIX UNIX UNIX UNIX [UNIX ] 3.5 Post.Office 3-6 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 27
3-5 1 From 1 From 50 1 9 9 From From 1 28 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
3.6 3-6 24 3-7 Post.Office Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 29
3.7 3-7 [ /IP ] POP3 POP3 [ /IP ] 30 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
1. 2. 3. 4. IP 5. software.com 123.45.6.78 222.33.44.0 software.com IP 123.45.6.78 C IP 222.33.44 0 3.8 Post.Office Post.Office 1 Post.Office E-mail E-mail Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 31
3-8 Post.Office 3 32 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
3.9 3-9 E-mail 3 E-mail Post.Office Post.Office E-mail E-mail Web http ftp URL http://www.software.com/post.office http://home.someisp.net/john_doe/home.html Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 33
: Post.Office Web Web Web 34 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
4 Post.Office 1 BBS USENET TV MegaHuge, Inc. all@megahuge.com " " Post.Office Post.Office Post.Office Web E-mail Post.Office E-mail 4.8 Majordomo E-mail Web Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 35
4.1 2 Post.Office [ ] 4-1 4 [ ] [ ] 10 10 1 Post.Office 30,000 36 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
4.2 4-2 [ ] Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 37
4-3 [ ] 4.3.2 [ ] [ ] [ ] E-mail E-mail 4.8 [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] 3 [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] 3 4.3 [ ] 38 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
4.3 " " Post.Office Web 3 E-mail E-mail 4.8 " " " " " " " [ ] [ ] [ ] 11 4-3 [ ] Post Office E-mail Web 11 2 2 E-mail " E-mail " " Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 39
4.3.1 1 4.2 4-4 [ ] [ [ ] : 4-4 [ ] 2 [ ] 40 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
4-4 2 [ ] Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 41
4.3.2 1 4-5 4-2 [ ] 1 : 42 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
4.3.3 4-4 4.4 4-2 [ ] 4.4.1 4.4.2 [ ] Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 43
4.4.3 E-mail John Doe John 2 2 John Post.Office 44 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
4.5 1 4.8 E-mail 4-5 4-6 [ ] 4-4 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 45
4-7 [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] 46 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
: Post.Office E-mail Post.Office E-mail 4.6 4.7 Post.Office Software.Com Web http://www.software.com Post.Office Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 47
4.8 E-mail Post Office Web E-mail E-mail Post Office E-mail Majordomo Majordomo Brent Chapman UNIX Post Office E-mail Post.Office E-mail 4.8.1 Post.Office E-mail Majordomo E-mail E-mail " E-mail " E-mail subscribe E-mail Web 2 2 1 list.manager@host.domain 12 2 E-mail "-request" cycling@software.com cycling-request@software.com 12 host.domain 48 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
E-mail : Subject 1 1 1 surfing To: list.manager@software.com From: john.doe@software.com Subject: --------------------------------------------------------- info surfing 4-8 To: surfing-request@software.com From: john.doe@software.com Subject: --------------------------------------------------------- info 4-9 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 49
E-mail 4-8 list.manager@software.com To: john.doe@software.com From: list.manager@software.com Subject: List Manager response --------------------------------------------------------- >>>>info surfing Software.com! E-mail! 4-10 4-8 info [ ] 1 1 1 2 subscribe unsubscribe To: list.manager@software.com From: john.doe@software.com Subject: --------------------------------------------------------- subscribe surfing subscribe mountain_biking unsubscribe yachting 4-11 1 1 E-mail E-mail E-mail E-mail Post.Office E-mail 4-12 end nd Post.Office 50 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
4-11 end To: list.manager@software.com From: john.doe@software.com Subject: --------------------------------------------------------- subscribe surfing subscribe mountain_biking unsubscribe yachting end %%%%%%% %% ~ ~ %% @ @ ********************oooo* _ *oooo********************* John Doe Jr., Ph.D. 805 882-2470 x000 Software.com 805 882-2473 FAX 525 Anacapa St. 805 555-1076 Page Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805 555-1176 Cell 4-12 end end 4-12 end Post.Office E-mail %%%%%%% %% ~ ~ %% @ @ ********************oooo* _ *oooo********************* 4.8.2 E-mail [ ] : E-mail list.manager@host.domain listname 13 13 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 51
subscribe listname [address] [digest] unsubscribe listname [address] which who listname info listname Long Description lists help end E-mail 4.8.3 subscribe subscribe 2 Web 1 list.manager@host.domain E-mail subscribe listname listname lists subscribe digest subscribe listname digest 52 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
2 E-mail "-request" subscribe subscribe digest subscribe listname digest : E-mail 14 E-mail : [ ] 14 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 53
To: list.manager@software.com From: john.doe@software.com --------------------------------------------------------- subscribe surfing digest john.doe@software.com surfing To: surfing-request@software.com From: susie.queue@software.com --------------------------------------------------------- subscribe surfing-request@software.com susie.queue@software.com Digest 4.8.4 unsubscribe unsubscribe 2 Web 1 list.manager@host.domain E-mail unsubscribe listname listname lists 2 E-mail "-request" Unsubscribe 54 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
E-mail To: list.manager@software.com From: joe@software.com --------------------------------------------------------- unsubscribe yachting joe@software.com yatchting To: yachting-request@software.com From: sammy@software.com --------------------------------------------------------- unsubscribe yatchting-request@software.com sammy@software.com Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 55
4.8.5 which which list.manager@host.domain E-mail which which To: list.manager@software.com From: jimmy@software.com --------------------------------------------------------- which jimmy@software.com To: jimmy@software.com From: list.manager@software.com --------------------------------------------------------- >>>>which surfing mountain_biking roller_blading Majordomo which Post.Office Post.Office which E-mail Post.Office 4.8.6 who who 2 who IP 1 list.manager@host.domain E-mail who listname listname lists 56 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
2 E-mail "-request" Who To: list.manager@software.com From: jimmy@software.com --------------------------------------------------------- who roller_blading list.manager@software.com roller blading... To: surfing-request@software.com From: jimmy@software.com --------------------------------------------------------- who surfing-request@software.com who E-mail To: jimmy@software.com From: list.manager@software.com --------------------------------------------------------- >>>>who roller_blading <adam.akens@software.com> <bernie.baker@software.com> <charlie.chandler@software.com> <denny.donaldson@software.com> <eugene.ellington@software.com> Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 57
4.8.7 info info 2 1 list.manager@host.domain E-mail info listname listname lists 2 E-mail "-request" Info To: list.manager@software.com From: billy@software.com --------------------------------------------------------- info rock_climbing rock_climbing To: rock.climbing-request@software.com From: jimmy@software.com --------------------------------------------------------- info surfing-request@software.com 58 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
E-mail To: jimmy@software.com From: list.manager@software.com --------------------------------------------------------- >>>>info rock_climbing owner-rock.climbing@software.com 4.8.8 lists lists 15 list.manager@host.domain E-mail lists lists To: list.manager@sparky.software.com From: bobby@software.com --------------------------------------------------------- lists sparky.software.com To: bobby@software.com From: list.manager@sparky.software.com --------------------------------------------------------- >>>>lists cycling Cycling Interest Group fine_dining Santa Barbara Restaurant Connoisseurs fishin Folks who like fishin' mountain_biking The mailing list for the REAL cyclists rock_climbing Strange persons who climb rocks roller_blading People who like 'Blading surfing Surfing Club of Software.com yachting An exclusive list for the upper crust 15 [ ] 1,001 1 1 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 59
4.8.9 help help E-mail list.manager@host.domain E-mail help help To: maxie@software.com From: List.Manager@software.com >>>> help ------------------------------- Post.Office <+++Version+++> Brent Chapman "Majordomo" ------------------------------ E-mail "<+++ListManager+++>" : Subject: ------------------------------- Post.Office : [] [] subscribe <list> [<address>] <list> <address> <address> unsubscribe <list> [<address>] <list> <address> <address> Which who <list> <list> info <list> <list> Lists Help End 60 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998
[ ] 43 ASCII 4 40 [ ] 2 E-mail [ ] 7, 20 45 39, 48 43 2 38 44 38 7 [ ] 1 15 7 26 44 26 3 25 4 15 E-mail 21 41 E-mail 26 [ ] [ ] help 60 38 [ ] 41 info 58 45 [ ] 50 lists 59 [ ] 45 MIME 4 MTA 47 [ ] 45 NT 33 11 5 [ ] 38 POP3 25 41 POP 6 8, 16 Post.Office 8, 16 5 [ ] [ ] SMTP 4 Subscribe 52 10 [ ] 10 UNIX 6, 27 [ ] Unsubscribe 54 41, 43 [ ] 43 which 56 9 who 56 NT 10 POP3 22, 25 [ ] 22 6 30 29 20 30 19 29 22 45 29 27 E-mail 21 25 37 12, 14, 19 45 33 30 9, 10 29 29 28 E-mail 9 51 36 Web 9 15 13, 37 32 45 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998 61
14, 22, 48 [ ] 30 1 24 42 28 [ ] 27 15 26 10 3 POP3 25 16, 20, 27, 51 UNIX 27 4 [ ] 14 4 E-mail 48 20 35, 47 53, 55 38 47 38 47 44 47 41 41 41 45 54 43 52 43 40, 42, 50, 52, 56 38 56 43 36 51 36 32 14, 22 30 5 7 5 24 25 E-Mail 1 3 4 12, 19 32 13, 37 36 11 19 36 39 42 38 59 15 62 Software.com, Inc. 1994-1998