RFC 3834 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2004

Recommendations for Automatic Responses to Electronic Mail

Overview

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]

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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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