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Internet Mail Extensions (smtpext)
Charter
Chair(s):
John Klensin <klensin@infoods.unu.edu>
Ned Freed <ned@innosoft.com>
Applications Area Director(s)
Brewster Kahle <Brewster@wais.com>
Erik Huizer <huizer@surfnet.nl>
Mailing lists:
General Discussion:ietf-smtp@dimacs.rutgers.edu
To Subscribe: ietf-smtp-request@dimacs.rutgers.edu
Archive: dimacs.rutgers.edu:~/pub/ietf/*
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 elimination of the 7 bit restrictions in SMTP, and the
implications of removing this restriction in terms of interoperation.
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 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
------- -- ---------- -----------------------------------------
RFC1428 Feb 93 Transition of Internet Mail from Just-Send-8 to
8Bit-SMTP/MIME
RFC1427 PS Feb 93 SMTP Service Extension for Message Size Declaration
RFC1425 PS Feb 93 SMTP Service Extensions
RFC1426 PS Feb 93 SMTP Service Extension for 8bit-MIMEtransport