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MEP2, a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (but not that one)

H.1302 (Depage) | Day 2 | 14:05 - 14:30 | Speakers: HP van Braam

MEP2, a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (but not that one)
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Abstract

About one month after I was born in 1983 a company called MCI introduced their "Electronic mail" system. Originally a BBS-style system, where users dialed into MCI to edit, send, and receive mail. Users could send electronic mail to each other, send a physical letters, and even manage their telexes without ever leaving the comfort of whatever room they had with a telephone and an acoustic coupler.

It became necessary to have offline email clients. Rather than use SMTP or POP they came up with MEP2 (Message Exchange Protocol 2). MEP2 combines the functionality of SMTP, POP, and some LDAP features together.

In this talk I will discuss the history of MCI, MEP2 protocol, and the mail server I implemented that can speak it.

Speakers

HP van Braam

HP van Braam is a free software and retro technology enthusiast. They own the Godot consulting company Prehensile Tales, and sits on the board of the Godot Foundation.

In their spare time HP works on the Godot game engine and various other nerdy projects.

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