RFC 724: Proposed official standard for the format of ARPA Network messages
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Current document in this lineage: RFC 5322 — Internet Message Format
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
RFC 724, "Proposed official standard for the format of ARPA Network messages", was published in May 1977 by D. Crocker; K.T. Pogran; J. Vittal; D.A. Henderson. 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
- RFC724
- Published
- May 1977
- Authors
- D. Crocker; K.T. Pogran; J. Vittal; D.A. Henderson
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Stream
- Legacy
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 36
- Also known as
- —
- Obsoleted by:
- RFC 733
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