RFC 4146 on Simple New Mail Notification

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        RFC 4146

        Title:      Simple New Mail Notification
        Author(s):  R. Gellens
        Status:     Informational
        Date:       August 2005
        Mailbox:    randy at qualcomm.com
        Pages:      5
        Characters: 8561
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:    None

        I-D Tag:    draft-gellens-notify-mail-02.txt

        URL:        ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4146.txt


This memo documents a long-standing technique, supported by a large
number of mail servers, which allows users to be notified of new
mail.  In addition to server support, there are a number of clients
that support this, ranging from full email clients to specialized
clients whose only purpose is to receive new mail notifications and
alert a mail client.

In brief, the server sends the string "nm_notifyuser" CRLF to the
finger port on the IP address (either configured or last used) of the
user who has received new mail. 

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Joyce K. Reynolds and Sandy Ginoza
USC/Information Sciences Institute

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