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RFC 2487: SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over TLS

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 3207.

Current version: RFC 3207 — SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over Transport Layer Security

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

This document describes an extension to the SMTP service that allows an SMTP server and client to use transport-layer security to provide private, authenticated communication over the Internet. This gives SMTP agents the ability to protect some or all of their communications from eavesdroppers and attackers. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Document ID
RFC2487
Published
January 1999
Authors
P. Hoffman
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
Legacy
Area
—
Pages
8
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 3207

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