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How many rfcs are involved regarding Internet email

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Harry Putnam

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Apr 22, 2010, 4:19:12 PM4/22/10
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Can anyone say off hand... at least roughtly how many rfcs there are
currently in use that pertain to internet mail in one way or another?

This isn't something easily googled... at least not by me.

Grant Taylor

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Apr 22, 2010, 4:31:37 PM4/22/10
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On 04/22/10 15:19, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Can anyone say off hand... at least roughtly how many rfcs there are
> currently in use that pertain to internet mail in one way or another?

Strictly SMTP and Internet Message Format? Or other related protocols
too? I.e. POP3, IMAP, SSL equivalents there of?

Please define some more scope.

> This isn't something easily googled... at least not by me.

I'd suggest looking at the RFC index.

http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc-index.html

Or in reverse order

http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc-index2.html

Grant. . . .

Winfried Magerl

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Apr 23, 2010, 5:59:21 AM4/23/10
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Hi,

In article <hqqbjk$2hjt$1...@tranq7.tranquility.net>,

or simply getting the sendmail-sources and looking in the README. From
sendmail-8.14.4/README:

Important RFCs for electronic mail are:

RFC821 SMTP protocol
RFC822 Mail header format
RFC974 MX routing
RFC976 UUCP mail format
RFC1123 Host requirements (modifies 821, 822, and 974)
RFC1344 Implications of MIME for Internet Mail Gateways
RFC1413 Identification server
RFC1428 Transition of Internet Mail from Just-Send-8 to
8-bit SMTP/MIME
RFC1652 SMTP Service Extension for 8bit-MIMEtransport
RFC1869 SMTP Service Extensions (ESMTP spec)
RFC1870 SMTP Service Extension for Message Size Declaration
RFC1891 SMTP Service Extension for Delivery Status Notifications
RFC1892 Multipart/Report Content Type for the Reporting of
Mail System Administrative Messages
RFC1893 Enhanced Mail System Status Codes
RFC1894 An Extensible Message Format for Delivery Status
Notifications
RFC1985 SMTP Service Extension for Remote Message Queue Starting
RFC2033 Local Mail Transfer Protocol (LMTP)
RFC2034 SMTP Service Extension for Returning Enhanced Error Codes
RFC2045 Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One:
Format of Internet Message Bodies
RFC2476 Message Submission
RFC2487 SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over TLS
RFC2554 SMTP Service Extension for Authentication
RFC2821 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
RFC2822 Internet Message Format
RFC2852 Deliver By SMTP Service Extension
RFC2920 SMTP Service Extension for Command Pipelining

regards

winfried

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Winfried Magerl - Internet Administration
Siemens IT Solutions and Services, 81739 Munich, Germany
Internet-Mail: winfrie...@siemens.com

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