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RFC 1653: SMTP Service Extension for Message Size Declaration

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 1870.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 1870 — SMTP Service Extension for Message Size Declaration

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

This memo defines an extension to the SMTP service whereby an SMTP client and server may interact to give the server an opportunity to decline to accept a message (perhaps temporarily) based on the client's estimate of the message size. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC1653
Published
July 1994
Authors
J. Klensin; N. Freed; K. Moore
Status
DRAFT STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
app
Pages
8
Also known as
—
Obsoletes:
RFC 1427
Obsoleted by:
RFC 1870

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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 1427 (1993)
  2. RFC 1653 (1994)
  3. RFC 1870 (1995) ✓

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