1. Electronic Mail on the Internet
Email Systems
Internet Email Standards
Tools of the Trade
The Basic Internet Email System

2. Simple Text Messages
Internet Text Messages
Think Globally, Act Locally
Headers

3. Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
Mail with Attitude
MIME Header Fields
MIME Encoding
MIME Boundaries
MIME Summary

4. Creating MIME-Compliant Messages
The Minimal MIME Message
Multipart Messages
Nested Body Parts
A Few Interesting MIME Types
MIME Message Creation Gotchas

5. OpenPGP and S/MIME
An Extremely Brief Introduction to Security Concepts
An Overview of OpenPGP and S/MIME
Combining Security and MIME
The OpenPGP Format
The S/MIME Format

6. vCard
Personal Data Interchange with vCard
The vCard Version 3.0 Profile
The vCard Version 2.1 Profile
Attaching vCards to Email Messages

7. Mailbox Formats
mbox
MH
Maildir

8. Mailcap Files
Mailcap File Format
Implementation Under Unix Operating Systems
Implementation Under Other Operating Systems

9. The Extended Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Using ESMTP
ESMTP Commands
ESMTP Sessions

10. The Post Offce Protocol
Using POP
POP Commands
POP Sessions

11. The Internet Message Access Protocol
Using IMAP
IMAP Commands
IMAP Sessions

12. The Application Configuration Access Protocol
Using ACAP
ACAP Commands
ACAP Sessions

13. Email-Related Perl Modules
Finding and Installing Perl Modules
Maturity of the Mail-Related Modules
Email-Related Modules Quick Reference

14. The Java Mail API
An Overview of the Java Mail API
Java Mail API Reference

15. Creating and Sending a Multipart Mail Message
Designing a MIME-Capable Replacement for /bin/mail
Creating mail.pl
Extending and Enhancing mail.pl
Sending MIME Email via Java

16. Archiving and Cleaning a Mailbox
Scrubbing Unwanted MIME Attachments
Creating mboxscrub.pl
Extending and Enhancing mboxscrub.pl

17. Watching an IMAP Mailbox
Designing JBiff
Creating JBiff
Extending JBiff

18. Anti-Spamming Techniques
The UCE Problem
Recipient Approaches
Service Provider Approaches
Legislative Approaches

19. The Future of Email
Trends in MUAs
Trends with Web-based Mail
Trends Inside Firewalls

A. Internet RFCs Relating to Email

B. MIME Media Types

C. ASCII

D. Mail-Related URLs