RFC - 1870
SMTP Service Extension
for Message Size Declaration
| Original: |
ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1870.txt |
| Authors: |
J. Klensin [MCI], N. Freed [Innosoft International, Inc.], K. Moore [University of Tennessee]
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| Date: |
November 1995 |
| Category: |
Standard: STD-10 ] |
| Obsoletes: |
| RFC-1653 |
SMTP Service Extension for Message Size Declaration (Obsoleted by RFC-1870std10)
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| Referred by: |
24 RFC |
| Refers to: |
6 RFC |
Status
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Abstract
This memo defines an extension to the SMTP service whereby an SMTP
client and server may interact to give the server an opportunity to
decline to accept a message (perhaps temporarily) based on the
client's estimate of the message size.
