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RFC 1426: SMTP Service Extension for 8bit-MIMEtransport

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 1652.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 6152 — SMTP Service Extension for 8-bit MIME Transport

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

This memo defines an extension to the SMTP service whereby an SMTP content body containing octets outside of the US ASCII octet range (hex 00-7F) may be relayed using SMTP.

Document record

Document ID
RFC1426
Published
February 1993
Authors
J. Klensin; N. Freed; M. Rose; E. Stefferud; D. Crocker
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
app
Pages
6
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 1652

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 3 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 1426 (1993)
  2. RFC 1652 (1994)
  3. RFC 6152 (2011) ✓

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