[ih] NCP (was: Separation of TCP and IP)

[touch at strayalpha.com]

On Jun 28, 2022, at 1:50 PM, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On 29-Jun-22 04:27, Joe Touch via Internet-history wrote:
>>> On Jun 28, 2022, at 10:26 AM, Dave Crocker via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Note that Internet Mail is typically referred to as SMTP.
>> Just the push part. The pull is POP or IMAP. Push can exist without pull, but not much these days.
> 
> But the *format* doesn't really have an acronymic name, although I've seen it called RFC822 often enough (and RFC2822, RFC5322 much less).

Agreed, but:

	- SMTP push
	- POP/IMAP pull
	- both rely on the format you’re referring to

The format provides info needed for both SMTP and POP/IMAP. IMO, it’s inherently part of both protocols.

Joe