RFC 3462 (rfc3462) - Page 1 of 7
The Multipart/Report Content Type for the Reporting of Mail System Administrative Messages
Alternative Format: Original Text Document
Network Working Group G. Vaudreuil
Request for Comments: 3462 Lucent Technologies
Obsoletes: 1892 January 2003
Category: Standards Track
The Multipart/Report Content Type
for the Reporting of
Mail System Administrative Messages
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 (2003). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
The Multipart/Report Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)
content-type is a general "family" or "container" type for electronic
mail reports of any kind. Although this memo defines only the use of
the Multipart/Report content-type with respect to delivery status
reports, mail processing programs will benefit if a single content-
type is used to for all kinds of reports.
This document is part of a four document set describing the delivery
status report service. This collection includes the Simple Mail
Transfer Protocol (SMTP) extensions to request delivery status
reports, a MIME content for the reporting of delivery reports, an
enumeration of extended status codes, and a multipart container for
the delivery report, the original message, and a human-friendly
summary of the failure.
Vaudreuil Standards Track
