Mark Crispin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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father of IMAP protocol
Date of Birth: 19-Jul-1956
Place of Birth: Camden, New Jersey, United States
Date of Death: 28-Dec-2012
Profession: programmer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Mark Crispin
- Mark Reed Crispin (July 19, 1956 in Camden, New Jersey – December 28, 2012 in Poulsbo, Washington) is best known as the father of the IMAP protocol, having invented it in 1985 during his time at the Stanford Knowledge Systems Laboratory.
- He is the author or co-author of numerous RFCs; and was the principal author of UW IMAP, one of the reference implementations of the IMAP4rev1 protocol described in RFC 3501.
- He also designed the MIX mail storage format. Crispin earned a B.S.
- in Technology and Society from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1977.
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