RFC 822 · INTERNET STANDARD · 1982

STANDARD FOR THE FORMAT OF ARPA INTERNET TEXT MESSAGES

Overview

RFC 822, “STANDARD FOR THE FORMAT OF ARPA INTERNET TEXT MESSAGES”, is an Internet Standard document published in August 1982 by D. Crocker. It obsoletes RFC 733. It has since been updated by RFC 1123, RFC 1138, RFC 1148, RFC 1327, RFC 2156. It has been obsoleted by RFC 2822 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document revises the specifications in RFC 733, in order to serve the needs of the larger and more complex ARPA Internet. Some of RFC 733's features failed to gain adequate acceptance. In order to simplify the standard and the software that follows it, these features have been removed. A different addressing scheme is used, to handle the case of internetwork mail; and the concept of re-transmission has been introduced. Obsoletes RFC 733, NIC 41952.

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What “Internet Standard” means

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 733
Obsoleted by
RFC 2822
Other RFCs from 1982

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