RFC 1653:SMTP Service Extension for Message Size D...
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... Internet mail. One expected result of the use of MIME is that SMTP will be expected to carry a much wider range of message sizes than was previously the case. This has an impact on the amount of ...
... This memo uses the mechanism defined in [5] to define extensions to the SMTP service whereby a client ("sender-SMTP ...
... SMTP service whereby a client ("sender-SMTP") may declare the size of a particular message to a server ("receiver-SMTP ...
... SMTP") may declare the size of a particular message to a server ("receiver-SMTP"), after which the server may indicate to the client that it is or is not ...
... message size and whereby a server ("receiver-SMTP") may declare the maximum message size it is willing to accept to a client ("sender ...
... message size it is willing to accept to a client ("sender-SMTP"). ...


... service extension is therefore defined: (1) the name of the SMTP service extension is "Message Size Declaration"; ...
... DIGIT (5) no additional SMTP verbs are defined by this extension. The remainder of this memo specifies how support for the extension ...
... The remainder of this memo specifies how support for the extension affects the behavior of an SMTP client and server. ...


... An SMTP server may have a fixed upper limit on message size. Any attempt by a client ...
... A client using the unextended SMTP protocol defined in [1], can only be informed of such failures after transmitting ...
... attempted. An SMTP client wishing to relay a large content may issue the EHLO command to start ...
... client wishing to relay a large content may issue the EHLO command to start an SMTP session, to determine if the server supports any of several service ...


... CR-LF pairs, but not the SMTP DATA command's terminating dot or doubled quoting dots, to be transmitted by the SMTP client ...
... pairs, but not the SMTP DATA command's terminating dot or doubled quoting dots, to be transmitted by the SMTP client after receiving ...
... will always fail. The fixed maximum message size may be an implementation artifact of the SMTP server, or it may be chosen by the administrator of the server. ...


... CR-LF sequences between lines, but not the SMTP DATA command's terminating dot or doubled quoting dots. Only one SIZE parameter may be specified in a single MAIL command ...
... usually larger than the actual message size. (This has the effect of making the counting or non-counting of SMTP DATA dots largely an academic point.) ...
... reply code in response to the extended MAIL command does not constitute an absolute guarantee that the message transfer will succeed. SMTP clients using the extended MAIL command ...


... C: <open connection to server> S: 220 sigurd.innosoft.com -- Server SMTP (PMDF V4.2-6 #1992) C: EHLO ymir.claremont.edu ...


... create any vulnerability that has not always existed with SMTP. In addition, no issues are addressed involving trusted systems and possible release of information via the mechanisms described in this RFC. ...


... Klensin, J., Freed, N., Rose, M., Stefferud, E., and D. Crocker, "SMTP Service Extensions", RFC 1651(-> 1869(-> 2821prop)), MCI, Innosoft, Dover Beach Consulting, Inc., Network Management Associates, Inc., Silicon Graphics ...



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