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RFC 1891: SMTP Service Extension for Delivery Status Notifications

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 3461.

Current version: RFC 3461 — Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Service Extension for Delivery Status Notifications (DSNs)

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

This memo defines an extension to the SMTP service, which allows an SMTP client to specify (a) that delivery status notifications (DSNs) should be generated under certain conditions, (b) whether such notifications should return the contents of the message, and (c) additional information, to be returned with a DSN, that allows the sender to identify both the recipient(s) for which the DSN was issued, and the transaction in which the original message was sent. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Document ID
RFC1891
Published
January 1996
Authors
K. Moore
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
app
Pages
31
Also known as
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Obsoleted by:
RFC 3461

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