Internet Mail Extensions (smtpext)
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 Charter 
 Last Modified: 31-Aug-95
 
 Current Status: Concluded Working Group
 
 Chair(s):
     Ned Freed <ned@innosoft.com>
     John Klensin <Klensin@mci.net>
 
 Applications Area Director(s): 
     Keith Moore  <moore+iesg@cs.utk.edu>
     Harald Alvestrand  <Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no>
 
 Applications Area Advisor: 
     Keith Moore  <moore+iesg@cs.utk.edu>
 
 Mailing Lists: 
     General Discussion:ietf-smtp@list.cren.net
     To Subscribe:      listproc@list.cren.net
         In Body:       in body: sub ietf-smtp Firstname Lastname
     Archive:           ftp://list.cren.net:/archives/ietf-smtp/*
 
Description of Working Group:
 
The SMTP Extensions Working Group is chartered to develop extensions to the
base SMTP protocol (RFC821) to facilitate the more efficient transmission of 8
bit text and binary data.  Among the extensions to be considered to SMTP are the
elimination of the ASCII text character restriction and line length restriction
to allow the sending of arbitrary 8 bit character sets, and the definition of
mechanisms to facilitate binary transmission, and extensions to the
negotiation sequence to facilitate batch transmission.

 
 Goals and Milestones: 
 
     Done       Review the Charter of the Group.  Determine if changes to SMTP 
                are necessary. Discuss the needs for backward compatability, 
                and interoperability.  This discussion will be held by email.  

     Done       Discuss the issues involved with binary transmission. Determine
                whether a ``binary'' mode should be pursued, and whether the 
                SMTP line length restriction should be eliminated.             

     Done       Discuss the elimination of the 7 bit restrictions in SMTP, and 
                the implications of removing this restriction in terms of 
                interoperation.                                                

     Done       Write a document specifying the changes to SMTP agreed to by 
                the Group. Post as an Internet-Draft.                          

     Done       Review and finalize the SMTP Extensions document.              

     Done       Submit the SMTP Extensions document as a Proposed Standard.    


 Internet-Drafts:

  No Current Internet-Drafts.

 Request For Comments:

  RFC  Stat Published    Title 
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RFC1428      Feb 93     Transition of Internet Mail from Just-Send-8 to 
                        8Bit-SMTP/MIME                                         
 
RFC1652 DS   Jul 94     SMTP Service Extension for 8bit-MIMEtransport          
 
RFC1870 S    Nov 95     SMTP Service Extension for Message Size Declaration    
 
RFC1869 S    Nov 95     SMTP Service Extensions