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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