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

Still current, but amended. Parts of this document are changed or extended by RFC 3798, RFC 3885, RFC 5337, RFC 6533, RFC 8098. Read both.

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This memo defines an extension to the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (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
RFC3461
Published
January 2003
Authors
K. Moore
Status
DRAFT STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
—
Pages
38
Also known as
—
Obsoletes:
RFC 1891
Updated by:
RFC 3798, RFC 3885, RFC 5337, RFC 6533, RFC 8098

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