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Defines and discusses the requirements for Internet host software and covers the application and support protocols.
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Defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols, and extends the basic Network Services Monitoring MIB to allow monitoring of Message Transfer Agents (MTAs).
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Defines a framework for extending the SMTP service by defining a means whereby a server can inform a client as to the service extensions it supports.
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Describes the Enhanced Mail System Status Codes, a set of status codes for reporting mail system errors and delivery status notifications.
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Describes the widely implemented Post Office Protocol (POP), which allows a client to retrieve mail that a server is holding for it.
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Describes the Local Mail Transfer Protocol (LMTP), for transporting mail into a system where a mail receiver does not manage a queue.
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Specifies the format of Internet message bodies and the various headers used to describe the structure of MIME messages.
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Defines the general structure of the MIME media typing system and defines an initial set of media types.
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Describes extensions to RFC 822 to allow non-US-ASCII text data in Internet mail header fields.
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Specifies various IANA registration procedures for MIME media types, MIME external body access types, and MIME content-transfer-encodings.
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Describes MIME conformance criteria as well as providing some illustrative examples of MIME message formats.
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Describes the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP), which allows a client to access and manipulate electronic mail messages on a server, and permits manipulation of remote message folders.
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Describes the widely implemented Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) designed to transfer mail reliably and efficiently and relay mail across transport service environments. Obsoletes RFC 821, 974, 1869.
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Describes the widely implemented Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) designed to transfer mail reliably and efficiently and relay mail across transport service environments.
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Specifies the syntax for Internet mail text messages.
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Describes how mail systems on the Internet are expected to route messages based on information from the domain system.
