| < draft-ietf-yam-rfc1652bis-02.txt | draft-ietf-yam-rfc1652bis-03.txt > | |||
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| YAM J. Klensin | YAM J. Klensin | |||
| Internet-Draft | Internet-Draft | |||
| Obsoletes: 1652 (if approved) N. Freed | Obsoletes: 1652 (if approved) N. Freed | |||
| Intended status: Standards Track Sun Microsystems | Intended status: Standards Track Sun Microsystems | |||
| Expires: August 21, 2010 M. Rose | Expires: August 23, 2010 M. Rose | |||
| Dover Beach Consulting, Inc. | Dover Beach Consulting, Inc. | |||
| D. Crocker, Ed. | D. Crocker, Ed. | |||
| Brandenburg InternetWorking | Brandenburg InternetWorking | |||
| February 17, 2010 | February 19, 2010 | |||
| SMTP Service Extension for 8-bit MIME Transport | SMTP Service Extension for 8-bit MIME Transport | |||
| draft-ietf-yam-rfc1652bis-02 | draft-ietf-yam-rfc1652bis-03 | |||
| Abstract | Abstract | |||
| This memo defines an extension to the SMTP service whereby an SMTP | This memo defines an extension to the SMTP service whereby an SMTP | |||
| content body consisting of text containing octets outside of the US- | content body consisting of text containing octets outside of the US- | |||
| ASCII octet range (hex 00-7F) may be relayed using SMTP. | ASCII octet range (hex 00-7F) may be relayed using SMTP. | |||
| Status of this Memo | Status of this Memo | |||
| This Internet-Draft is submitted to IETF in full conformance with the | This Internet-Draft is submitted to IETF in full conformance with the | |||
| skipping to change at page 1, line 43 ¶ | skipping to change at page 1, line 43 ¶ | |||
| and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any | and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any | |||
| time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference | time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference | |||
| material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." | material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." | |||
| The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at | The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at | |||
| http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt. | http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt. | |||
| The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at | The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at | |||
| http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html. | http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html. | |||
| This Internet-Draft will expire on August 21, 2010. | This Internet-Draft will expire on August 23, 2010. | |||
| Copyright Notice | Copyright Notice | |||
| Copyright (c) 2010 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the | Copyright (c) 2010 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the | |||
| document authors. All rights reserved. | document authors. All rights reserved. | |||
| This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal | This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal | |||
| Provisions Relating to IETF Documents | Provisions Relating to IETF Documents | |||
| (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of | (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of | |||
| publication of this document. Please review these documents | publication of this document. Please review these documents | |||
| skipping to change at page 2, line 21 ¶ | skipping to change at page 2, line 21 ¶ | |||
| include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of | include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of | |||
| the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as | the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as | |||
| described in the BSD License. | described in the BSD License. | |||
| 1. Introduction | 1. Introduction | |||
| Although SMTP is widely and robustly deployed, various extensions | Although SMTP is widely and robustly deployed, various extensions | |||
| have been requested by parts of the Internet community. In | have been requested by parts of the Internet community. In | |||
| particular, a significant portion of the Internet community wishes to | particular, a significant portion of the Internet community wishes to | |||
| exchange messages in which the content body consists of a MIME | exchange messages in which the content body consists of a MIME | |||
| message [RFC2045][RFC2046] containing arbitrary octet-aligned | message [RFC2045][RFC2046][RFC5322] containing arbitrary octet- | |||
| material. This memo uses the mechanism described in [RFC5321] to | aligned material. This memo uses the mechanism described in | |||
| define an extension to the SMTP service whereby such contents may be | [RFC5321] to define an extension to the SMTP service whereby such | |||
| exchanged. Note that this extension does NOT eliminate the | contents may be exchanged. Note that this extension does NOT | |||
| possibility of an SMTP server limiting line length; servers are free | eliminate the possibility of an SMTP server limiting line length; | |||
| to implement this extension but nevertheless set a line length limit | servers are free to implement this extension but nevertheless set a | |||
| no lower than 1000 octets. Given that this restriction still | line length limit no lower than 1000 octets. Given that this | |||
| applies, this extension does NOT provide a means for transferring | restriction still applies, this extension does NOT provide a means | |||
| unencoded binary via SMTP. | for transferring unencoded binary via SMTP. | |||
| 2. Framework for the 8bit MIME Transport Extension | 2. Framework for the 8bit MIME Transport Extension | |||
| The 8bit MIME transport extension is laid out as follows: | The 8bit MIME transport extension is laid out as follows: | |||
| 1. the name of the SMTP service extension defined here is 8bit- | 1. the name of the SMTP service extension defined here is 8bit- | |||
| MIMEtransport; | MIMEtransport; | |||
| 2. the EHLO keyword value associated with the extension is 8BITMIME; | 2. the EHLO keyword value associated with the extension is 8BITMIME; | |||
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