RFC 7601 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2015

Message Header Field for Indicating Message Authentication Status

Overview

RFC 7601, “Message Header Field for Indicating Message Authentication Status”, is a Proposed Standard document published in August 2015 by M. Kucherawy. It obsoletes RFC 7001, RFC 7410. It has been obsoleted by RFC 8601 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document specifies a message header field called Authentication- Results for use with electronic mail messages to indicate the results of message authentication efforts. Any receiver-side software, such as mail filters or Mail User Agents (MUAs), can use this header field to relay that information in a convenient and meaningful way to users or to make sorting and filtering decisions.

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

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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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 7001 RFC 7410
Obsoleted by
RFC 8601
Other RFCs from 2015

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