What standards and protocols does MailMan comply with?
MailMan uses CGI to communicate with the host web server. For more information about CGI, consult Nick Kew’s CGI FAQ at http://www3.pair.com/webthing/docs/cgi/faqs/cgifaq.shtml For the generation of HTTP headers, MailMan conforms as closely as possible with the proposed standard RFC 2068, “Hypertext Transfer Protocol — HTTP/1.1”, as well as the earlier related specifications such as RFC 1945, “Hypertext Transfer Protocol — HTTP/1.0.” MailMan’s user interface is generated using messages that comply as closely as possible with RFC 1866, “HyperText Markup Language Specification – 2.0” and related specifications. Persistent state information for the frames-based MailMan interface is maintained according to RFC 2109, “HTTP State Management Mechanism”. For communication with incoming internet email servers, MailMan conforms as closely as possible with RFC 1939, “Post Office Protocol – Version 3”, and was originally based on the earlier specification, RFC 1725. MailMan is in strict complian
