SMTP Service Extension for Delivery Status Notifications
RFC 1891, “SMTP Service Extension for Delivery Status Notifications”, is a Proposed Standard document published in January 1996 by K. Moore. It has been obsoleted by RFC 3461 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This memo defines an extension to the SMTP service, which allows an SMTP client to specify (a) that delivery status notifications (DSNs) should be generated under certain conditions, (b) whether such notifications should return the contents of the message, and (c) additional information, to be returned with a DSN, that allows the sender to identify both the recipient(s) for which the DSN was issued, and the transaction in which the original message was sent. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Proposed Standard” means
An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.
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- RFC 1890 RTP Profile for Audio and Video Conferences with Minimal Control
- RFC 1892 The Multipart/Report Content Type for the Reporting of Mail System Administrative Messages
- RFC 1889 RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Applications
- RFC 1893 Enhanced Mail System Status Codes
- RFC 1888 OSI NSAPs and IPv6
- RFC 1894 An Extensible Message Format for Delivery Status Notifications
- RFC 1895 The Application/CALS-1840 Content-type
- RFC 1896 The text/enriched MIME Content-type