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RFC 561: Standardizing Network Mail Headers

Still current, but amended. Parts of this document are changed or extended by RFC 680. Read both.

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

RFC 561, "Standardizing Network Mail Headers", was published in September 1973 by A.K. Bhushan; K.T. Pogran; R.S. Tomlinson; J.E. White. This is one of the earlier, shorter RFCs and the RFC Editor index carries no abstract for it — the full text below is the authoritative source.

Document record

Document ID
RFC561
Published
September 1973
Authors
A.K. Bhushan; K.T. Pogran; R.S. Tomlinson; J.E. White
Status
UNKNOWN
Stream
Legacy
Area
—
Pages
3
Also known as
—
Updated by:
RFC 680

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