Re: [Exim] List of supported RFCs

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Author: Tony Finch
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To: david.ross-it
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] List of supported RFCs
David Ross <david.ross-it@???> wrote:
>Does anyone know of an up to date list of RFCs supported by exim?


No.

>I am looking for an opensource MTA capable of the following RFCs.
>
>RFC 2821 - Simple mail transport Protocol
>RFC 822 - Standard for the format of APRA Internet text messaging
>RFC 2246 - The TLS Protocol
>RFC 2631 - Diffie Hellman Key Agreement Method
>RFC 2487 - SMTP Service Extension to secure SMTP over TLS
>RFC 2554 - SMTP Service Extensions for Authentication.


Yes.

>RFC 2045 - MIME Part 1 - Format of Internet Message Bodies
>RFC 2046 - MIME Part 2 - Media Types
>RFC 2047 - MIME Part 3 - Message Header Extensions for Non ASCII Text
>RFC 2048 - MIME Part 4 - Registration Procedures
>RFC 2049 - MIME Part 5 - Conformance Criteria and Examples
>RFC 2630 - Cryptographic Message Service
>RFC 2632 - MIME Version 3 Certificate Handling
>RFC 2633 - MIME Version 3 Message Specification


These all relate to message bodies, which Exim doesn't worry
itself with. There is support for decoding MIME words in
headers, but that's a not a big part of MIME.

>RFC 3013 - Recommended Internet Service Providers Security Services and
>Procedures


This is about Policy rather than Mechanism, so it's up to you to implement
it rather than Exim.

There are many more email-related RFCs which you have missed out and
which I do not have time to list.

Tony.
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