I-D ACTION:draft-earhart-url-pop3-00.txt

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	Title		: A POP3 URL Interface
	Author(s)	: R. Earhart
	Filename	: draft-earhart-url-pop3-00.txt
	Pages		: 5
	Date		: 05-Jan-98
	
   It is occasionally useful to be able to reference a generic server to
   be used for message submission.  URLs provide a good mechanism for
   refering to arbitrary network resources.  The POP3 URL scheme allows
   a URL to specify a POP3 [POP3] server, allowing other protocols to
   use a general ''URL to be used for mail access'' in place of an
   explicit reference to POP3.


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