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

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This document describes an extension to the SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) service that allows an SMTP server and client to use TLS (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
RFC3207
Published
February 2002
Authors
P. Hoffman
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
Legacy
Area
—
Pages
9
Also known as
—
Obsoletes:
RFC 2487
Updated by:
RFC 7817

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