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RFC 788: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 821.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 5321 — Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

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

RFC 788, "Simple Mail Transfer Protocol", was published in November 1981 by J. Postel. 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
RFC788
Published
November 1981
Authors
J. Postel
Status
UNKNOWN
Stream
Legacy
Area
—
Pages
64
Also known as
—
Obsoletes:
RFC 780
Obsoleted by:
RFC 821

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 10 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 772 (1980)
  2. RFC 780 (1981)
  3. RFC 788 (1981)
  4. RFC 821 (1982)
  5. RFC 974 (1986)
  6. RFC 1425 (1993)
  7. RFC 1651 (1994)
  8. RFC 1869 (1995)
  9. RFC 2821 (2001)
  10. RFC 5321 (2008) ✓

Read the full history of Simple Mail Transfer Protocol →

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