Hi,
People on this list will be interested to know that RFCs 2821 and 2822 (and
some other related RFCs) have been deprecated by the release yesterday of
RFCs 5321 (SMTP) and 5322 (Internet Message Format) respectively.
<
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5321>
Abstract
This document is a specification of the basic protocol for Internet
electronic mail transport. It consolidates, updates, and clarifies
several previous documents, making all or parts of most of them
obsolete. It covers the SMTP extension mechanisms and best practices
for the contemporary Internet, but does not provide details about
particular extensions. Although SMTP was designed as a mail
transport and delivery protocol, this specification also contains
information that is important to its use as a "mail submission"
protocol for "split-UA" (User Agent) mail reading systems and mobile
environments.
<
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5322>
Abstract
This document specifies the Internet Message Format (IMF), a syntax
for text messages that are sent between computer users, within the
framework of "electronic mail" messages. This specification is a
revision of Request For Comments (RFC) 2822, which itself superseded
Request For Comments (RFC) 822, "Standard for the Format of ARPA
Internet Text Messages", updating it to reflect current practice and
incorporating incremental changes that were specified in other RFCs.
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Ian Eiloart
IT Services, University of Sussex
x3148
