Internet E-Mail -- Overview of Internet E-Mail RFCs

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Overview of Internet E-Mail RFCs

A listing of those RFCs pertinent to e-mail appears in Figure fig:mailRfc.Instructions on how to obtain RFCs are included as appendix to this paper. Obtaining Request For Comments These cover the following topics:

Internet E-Mail Format (RFCs 822, 1049)
Internet E-Mail Format.
Addressing and Routing (RFCs 920, 974, 1034, 1035)
Addressing and Routing.
Transfer protocols (RFCs 821, 976)
Transfer Protocols.
Enhancements to the basic service (RFCs 1341, 1342, 1421, 1422, 1423, 1424)
Enhancements to the Basic Service.

In Figure fig:mailRfc, the official Internet standards are marked by "*".

We shall present an overview of these topics in the following sections.