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smtpupd-12: Four letter command verbs

Gregory Neil Shapiro <gshapiro@gshapiro.net> Mon, 31 July 2000 04:37 UTC

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Subject: smtpupd-12: Four letter command verbs
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Section 2.4 states, "All commands begin with a four letter command verb."
SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over TLS (RFC 2487) breaks this
rule.  In light of this, should section 2.4's text be modified?

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