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For information about how Internet mail works, see one or more of the following documents by the author of qmail:

  • Internet mail (http://cr.yp.to/im.html)

  • SMTP (http://cr.yp.to/smtp.html)

  • Internet mail message header format (http://cr.yp.to/immhf.html)

Detailed information about the Internet mail standard is contained in the Requests for Comment (RFCs).

Internet Mail RFCs

RFCs are the official documentation of the Internet. Most of these are well beyond the commentary stage and actually define Internet protocols such as the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), the File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Telnet, and the various mail standards and protocols:

  • RFC 821, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, obsoleted by RFC 2821 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0821.txt

  • RFC 822, Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages, obsoleted by RFC 2822 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0822.txt

  • RFC 931, Authentication Server http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0931.txt

  • RFC 974, Mail Routing and the Domain System http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0974.txt

  • RFC 1123, Requirements for Internet Hosts—Application and Support http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1123.txt

  • RFC 1413, Identification Protocol http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1413.txt

  • RFC 1423, Privacy Enhancement for Internet Electronic Mail: Part III: Algorithms, Modes, and Identifiers http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1423.txt

  • RFC 1651, SMTP Service Extensions http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1651.txt

  • RFC 1652, SMTP Service Extension for 8bit-MIMEtransport http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1652.txt

  • RFC 1806, Content-Disposition Header http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1806.txt

  • RFC 1854, SMTP Service Extension for Command Pipelining http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1854.txt

  • RFC 1891, SMTP Service Extension for Delivery Status Notifications http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1891.txt

  • RFC 1892, The Multipart/Report Content Type for the Reporting of Mail System Administrative Messages http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1892.txt

  • RFC 1893, Enhanced Mail System Status Codes http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1893.txt

  • RFC 1894, An Extensible Message Format for Delivery Status Notifications http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1894.txt

  • RFC 1939, Post Office Protocol, Version 3 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1939.txt

  • RFC 1985, SMTP Service Extension for Remote Message Queue Starting (ETRN) http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1985.txt

  • RFC 1991, PGP Message Exchange Formats http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1991.txt

  • RFC 2015, MIME Security with Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2015.txt

  • RFC 2045, MIME Internet Message Bodies http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2045.txt

  • RFC 2046, MIME Media Types http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2046.txt

  • RFC 2047, MIME Headers http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2047.txt

  • RFC 2048, MIME Registration Procedures http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2048.txt

  • RFC 2049, MIME Conformance Criteria http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2049.txt

  • RFC 2142, Mailbox Names for Common Services http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2142.txt

  • RFC 2183, Content Disposition Header http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2183.txt

  • RFC 2821, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2821.txt

  • RFC 2822, Internet Message Format http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2822.txt

A comprehensive list of mail-related RFCs is available from the Internet Mail Consortium at http://www.imc.org/mail-standards.html.



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The Qmail Handbook
The qmail Handbook
ISBN: 1893115402
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2001
Pages: 186
Authors: Dave Sill

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