On 2 Feb 2000, Lorens Kockum wrote:
> But none of the two have the right meaning, so one or the other
> is a minor point ... I suppose son of 821 will have something
> better, that at least should not be difficult.
I am afraid you are going to be disappointed. However, it does define
"transaction":
Once the transmission channel is established and initial handshaking
completed, the SMTP client normally initiates a mail transaction. Such a
transaction consists of a series of commands to specify the originator and
destination of the mail and transmission of the message content (including
any headers or other structure) itself.
Note that the "transaction" is the whole thing. The wording of RFC 821
also implies this usage.
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