Recommendations for Automatic Responses to Electronic Mail
RFC 3834, “Recommendations for Automatic Responses to Electronic Mail”, is a Proposed Standard document published in August 2004 by K. Moore. It has since been updated by RFC 5436. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This memo makes recommendations for software that automatically responds to incoming electronic mail messages, including "out of the office" or "vacation" response generators, mail filtering software, email-based information services, and other automatic responders. The purpose of these recommendations is to discourage undesirable behavior which is caused or aggravated by such software, to encourage uniform behavior (where appropriate) among automatic mail responders, and to clear up some sources of confusion among implementors of automatic email responders. [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 3835 An Architecture for Open Pluggable Edge Services
- RFC 3832 Remote Service Discovery in the Service Location Protocol via DNS SRV
- RFC 3836 Requirements for Open Pluggable Edge Services Callout Protocols
- RFC 3831 Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Fibre Channel
- RFC 3837 Security Threats and Risks for Open Pluggable Edge Services
- RFC 3830 MIKEY: Multimedia Internet KEYing
- RFC 3838 Policy, Authorization, and Enforcement Requirements of the Open Pluggable Edge Services