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        RFC 1460:

        Title:      Post Office Protocol - Version 3
        Author:     M. Rose
        Mailbox:    mrose@dbc.mtview.ca.us
        Pages:      17
        Characters: 38,827
        Obsoletes:  RFC 1225


This memo is a revision to RFC 1225.  It makes the following changes
from that document:

        - the RPOP facility is removed;
        - the optional APOP facility is added (which is in
          interoperable, operational use in at least three 
          implementations);
        - a typo was corrected with respect to the interaction of LAST
          and RSET;
        - section numbers were added; and,
        - an acknowledgements section was added.

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Joyce K. Reynolds
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