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 | Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Outlook Standards Documentation |
The Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Outlook standards documentation describes how Exchange and Outlook support industry messaging standards and Requests for Comments (RFCs) documents about iCalendar, Internet Message Access Protocol – Version 4 (IMAP4), and Post Office Protocol – Version 3 (POP3).
The Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Outlook standards documentation describes how Exchange and Outlook support industry messaging standards and RFC documents about iCalendar, IMAP4, and POP3.
The documentation includes companion overview and reference documents that supplement the technical specifications with background information, terminology, and technical reference information.
Files
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 Exchange_Standards.zip |
 [MS-OXGLOS].pdf |
| [MS-OXREF].pdf |
| [MS-STANOICAL].pdf |
| [MS-STANOIMAP].pdf |
| [MS-STANOPOP3].pdf |
| [MS-STANXICAL].pdf |
| [MS-STANXIMAP].pdf |
| [MS-STANXPOP3].pdf |
| [[ReadmefirstMSExStand]].pdf |
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System Requirements
Operating Systems: Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8
The specifications are available as Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) files, which you can open by using Adobe Reader. You can download Adobe Reader from http://www.adobe.com.
Note: For optimal readability, Adobe Reader 8.0 or later is recommended.
Installation Instructions
To help ensure that links between documents work correctly, store all the PDF files in the documentation set in the same directory. If you download additional standards support or protocol documents by Microsoft, you should store those files in that directory too.
The self-extracting Exchange_Standards.zip file contains all the specification and companion overview and reference documents that are included in the documentation set. The [[ReadmefirstExStand]].pdf file in the .zip file contains late-breaking information about the documentation.
Additional Information
The Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Outlook standards documentation is intended for use in conjunction with publicly available standard specifications and network programming art, and assumes that the reader either is familiar with the aforementioned material or has immediate access to it.
The technical documentation provides information that is useful to the following audiences:
- Implementers: Sufficient conceptual and reference information for a successful implementation of one or more protocol specifications for a given task or scenario.
- Reviewers: A definitive resource for readers who want to evaluate or understand support for one or more protocols.
This package does not collect any personal information.