RFC 974: Mail routing and the domain system
This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 2821.
Current document in this lineage: RFC 5321 — Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This RFC presents a description of how mail systems on the Internet are expected to route messages based on information from the domain system. This involves a discussion of how mailers interpret MX RRs, which are used for message routing.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC974
- Published
- January 1986
- Authors
- C. Partridge
- Status
- HISTORIC
- Stream
- Legacy
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 7
- Also known as
- STD10
- Obsoleted by:
- RFC 2821
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