IntraHost
12-10-2000, 01:33 PM
Ok... I need some help. I was given this task for various reasons and I was wondering if anyone could help me solve it!
On the WWW, go to http://ietf.org/rfc.html and view/print a copy of RFC 1939, which describes the Post Office protocol, version 3 (POP3).
Based on the protocol described in this RFC, assemble and document a sample session between a POP3 email server, "kilroy", and a POP3 client, "pluto". The "documentation" must be a series of defined steps that will occur.
Assume the following:
The user enters his password incorrectly the first time and correctly enters it the second time.
The mail server contains between 5 and 15 messages (choose a number).
Three (3) of the messages have arrived since the last time the user checked for new email. The rest were there prior to that time.
No other POP3 client is currently attempting to access this mailbox.
No password encryption or special authentication is used.
Activities performed during this session:
The user's email client application automatically attempts to get a list of old and new messages.
The user deletes the two oldest messages.
Note that there is a sample session in the RFC to give you an idea of how the protocol works and how to represent it in a document.
THANK YOU so much!
On the WWW, go to http://ietf.org/rfc.html and view/print a copy of RFC 1939, which describes the Post Office protocol, version 3 (POP3).
Based on the protocol described in this RFC, assemble and document a sample session between a POP3 email server, "kilroy", and a POP3 client, "pluto". The "documentation" must be a series of defined steps that will occur.
Assume the following:
The user enters his password incorrectly the first time and correctly enters it the second time.
The mail server contains between 5 and 15 messages (choose a number).
Three (3) of the messages have arrived since the last time the user checked for new email. The rest were there prior to that time.
No other POP3 client is currently attempting to access this mailbox.
No password encryption or special authentication is used.
Activities performed during this session:
The user's email client application automatically attempts to get a list of old and new messages.
The user deletes the two oldest messages.
Note that there is a sample session in the RFC to give you an idea of how the protocol works and how to represent it in a document.
THANK YOU so much!