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1 \chapter*{Requests for Comments}
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3 \name{Requests for Comments} are the documents that propose or define Internet standards and best practices. They are controlled by the \name{Internet Engineering Task Force} (short: \NAME{IETF}) \citeweb{ietf:homepage}.
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4 \index{ietf}
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6 A particular \RFC\ is located at {\small\url{http://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfcNNNN.txt}}\,, where ``\texttt{NNNN}'' is the four-digit number of that \RFC. For example is \RFC\,821 located at {\small\url{http://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0821.txt}}\,.
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7 \index{rfc}
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9 More comfortable to browse are the \NAME{HTML} formatted representations which contain navigation hyperlinks. They are accessible at {\small\url{http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfcNNNN}}\,.
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11 Following is a list of \RFC{}s which are relevant for this thesis. An extensive list of mail-related \RFC{}s is available at \citeweb{imc:mail-rfcs}.
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13 \begin{description}
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14 \item[\RFC\,821] \emph{Simple Mail Transfer Protocol} \obsoleted{2821}
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15 \item[\RFC\,822] \emph{Standard for the format of \NAME{ARPA} Internet text messages} \obsoleted{2822}
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16 \item[\RFC\,2487] \emph{\SMTP\ Service Extension for Secure \SMTP\ over \NAME{TLS}} \obsoleted{3207}
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17 \item[\RFC\,2505] \emph{Anti-Spam Recommendations for \SMTP\ \MTA{}s}
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18 \item[\RFC\,2554] \emph{\SMTP\ Service Extension for Authentication} \obsoleted{4954}
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19 \item[\RFC\,2821] \emph{Simple Mail Transfer Protocol} \obsoleted{5321}
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20 \item[\RFC\,2822] \emph{Internet Message Format} \obsoleted{5322}
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21 \item[\RFC\,3207] \emph{\SMTP\ Service Extension for Secure \SMTP\ over Transport Layer Security}
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22 \item[\RFC\,4954] \emph{\SMTP\ Service Extension for Authentication}
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23 \item[\RFC\,5321] \emph{Simple Mail Transfer Protocol}
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24 \item[\RFC\,5322] \emph{Internet Message Format}
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25 \end{description}
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27 \index{smtp}
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28 \index{mail message}
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29 \index{smtps}
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30 \index{spam}
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31 \index{auth!smtp-auth}
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32 \index{starttls}
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