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Message Submission
Alternative Format: Original Text Document
Network Working Group R. Gellens
Request for Comments: 2476 QUALCOMM
Category: Standards Track J. Klensin
MCI
December 1998
Message Submission
Status of this Memo
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.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998). All Rights Reserved.
Table of Contents
1. Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Document Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.1. Definitions of Terms Used in this Memo . . . . . . . . . 3
2.2. Conventions Used in this Document . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. Message Submission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.1. Submission Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.2. Message Rejection and Bouncing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.3. Authorized Submission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.4. Enhanced Status Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4. Mandatory Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4.1. General Submission Rejection Code . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4.2. Ensure All Domains are Fully-Qualified . . . . . . . . 6
5. Recommended Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5.1. Enforce Address Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5.2. Log Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6. Optional Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6.1. Enforce Submission Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6.2. Require Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
6.3. Enforce Permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
6.4. Check Message Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
7. Interaction with SMTP Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
8. Message Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
8.1. Add 'Sender' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
8.2. Add 'Date' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
8.3. Add 'Message-ID' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Gellens & Klensin Standards Track
