RFC 841 · UNKNOWN · 1983
MON · 15 JUN 2026
Specification for message format for Computer Based Message Systems
Overview
RFC 841, “Specification for message format for Computer Based Message Systems”, is an Unknown document published in January 1983 by National Bureau of Standards. It obsoletes RFC 806. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This RFC is FIPS 98. The purpose of distributing this document as an RFC is to make it easily accessible to the ARPA research community. This RFC does not specify a standard for the ARPA Internet. Obsoletes RFC 806.
What “Unknown” means
The standards-track status of this early RFC was never formally classified.
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1983
- RFC 840 Official protocols
- RFC 842 Who talks TCP? - survey of 1 February 83
- RFC 839 Who talks TCP?
- RFC 843 Who talks TCP? - survey of 8 February 83
- RFC 838 Who talks TCP?
- RFC 844 Who talks ICMP, too? - Survey of 18 February 1983
- RFC 837 Who talks TCP?
- RFC 845 Who talks TCP? - survey of 15 February 1983