RFC 5321

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RFC 5321 is the Internet standard that specifies the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) used for email transmission across IP networks.

Aliases (1)

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Internet standard
Request for Comments document
SMTP specification
acronym SMTP
appliesTo IP networks
Internet
area Applications
category Standards Track
defines 2xx success replies
4xx transient failure replies
5xx permanent failure replies
SMTP reply code classes
rules for message submission vs relay distinction
trace information in Received header fields
definesProtocol Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
focusesOn email transmission
message transfer
language English
obsoletes RFC 1869
RFC 2821
RFC 2822 in SMTP-related aspects
RFC 821
RFC 974
port 25
protocolLayer application layer
publishedBy IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force
publishedInSeries Request for Comments
relatedTo RFC 5322
email message format
RFCNumber 5321
specifies DATA command
EHLO command
EXPN command semantics
HELO command
MAIL FROM command
NOOP command
QUIT command
RCPT TO command
RSET command
SMTP commands
SMTP envelope format
SMTP error codes
SMTP replies
SMTP session state machine
STARTTLS extension framework interaction
VRFY command semantics
forwarding and relaying rules
mail routing via MX records interaction
mailing list expansion behavior
requirements for SMTP clients
requirements for SMTP servers
status Internet Standard
title Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
transportAssumption TCP
updates SMTP protocol

Referenced by (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
RFC 821 ("RFC 2821")
RFC 821
influenced
RFC 821 ("RFC 2821")
RFC 821
obsoletedBy
SMTP
definedIn
SMTP ("RFC 2821")
predecessor
SMTP
updatedBy

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