RFC 6522 · INTERNET STANDARD · 2012

The Multipart/Report Media Type for the Reporting of Mail System Administrative Messages

Overview

RFC 6522, “The Multipart/Report Media Type for the Reporting of Mail System Administrative Messages”, is an Internet Standard document published in January 2012 by M. Kucherawy. It obsoletes RFC 3462. It has since been updated by RFC 6533. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

The multipart/report Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) media type is a general "family" or "container" type for electronic mail reports of any kind. Although this memo defines only the use of the multipart/report media type with respect to delivery status reports, mail processing programs will benefit if a single media type is used for all kinds of reports.

This memo obsoletes "The Multipart/Report Content Type for the Reporting of Mail System Administrative Messages", RFC 3462, and marks RFC 3462 and its predecessor as "Historic". [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 3462
Updated by
RFC 6533
Other RFCs from 2012

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