I-D ACTION:draft-gellens-submit-03.txt
Internet-Drafts@ietf.org Tue, 25 March 1997 15:16 UTC
Received: from ietf.org by ietf.org id aa11318; 25 Mar 97 10:16 EST
Received: from ietf.ietf.org by ietf.org id aa10534; 25 Mar 97 10:14 EST
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: Multipart/Mixed; Boundary="NextPart"
To: IETF-Announce:;
Sender: ietf-announce-request@ietf.org
From: Internet-Drafts@ietf.org
Reply-to: Internet-Drafts@ietf.org
Subject: I-D ACTION:draft-gellens-submit-03.txt
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 10:14:53 -0500
X-Orig-Sender: cclark@ietf.org
Message-ID: <9703251014.aa10534@ietf.org>
A Revised Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories. Title : Message Submission and Relay Author(s) : H. Alvestrand, R. Gellens Filename : draft-gellens-submit-03.txt Pages : 10 Date : 03/24/1997 SMTP was defined as a message *relay* protocol, that is, a means for message transfer agents (MTAs) to route finished (complete) messages. SMTP forbids MTAs from altering the message text, except to add 'Received' header fields. However, SMTP is now also widely used as a message *submission* protocol, that is, a means for message user agents (MUAs) to introduce new messages into the MTA routing network. Regardless of whether this is good or bad, it is far too late to change. Messages being submitted are in some cases finished (complete) messages, and in other cases are unfinished (incomplete) in some aspect or other. Unfinished messages need to be completed to ensure they conform to [RFC-822], [RFC-1123], and later requirements. For example, the message may lack proper Date or Message-ID headers, and domains might not be fully qualified. In some cases, the MUA may be unable to generate finished (complete) messages (for example, it might not know its time zone). Even when submitted messages are finished (complete), local site policy may dictate that the message text be modified in some ways. Such completions or modifications violate the letter and spirit of SMTP when used as a relay protocol. Internet-Drafts are available by anonymous FTP. Login with the username "anonymous" and a password of your e-mail address. After logging in, type "cd internet-drafts" and then "get draft-gellens-submit-03.txt". A URL for the Internet-Draft is: ftp://ds.internic.net/internet-drafts/draft-gellens-submit-03.txt Internet-Drafts directories are located at: o Africa: ftp.is.co.za o Europe: ftp.nordu.net ftp.nis.garr.it o Pacific Rim: munnari.oz.au o US East Coast: ds.internic.net o US West Coast: ftp.isi.edu Internet-Drafts are also available by mail. Send a message to: mailserv@ds.internic.net. In the body type: "FILE /internet-drafts/draft-gellens-submit-03.txt". NOTE: The mail server at ds.internic.net can return the document in MIME-encoded form by using the "mpack" utility. To use this feature, insert the command "ENCODING mime" before the "FILE" command. To decode the response(s), you will need "munpack" or a MIME-compliant mail reader. Different MIME-compliant mail readers exhibit different behavior, especially when dealing with "multipart" MIME messages (i.e., documents which have been split up into multiple messages), so check your local documentation on how to manipulate these messages. Below is the data which will enable a MIME compliant mail reader implementation to automatically retrieve the ASCII version of the Internet-Draft.
- I-D ACTION:draft-gellens-submit-03.txt Internet-Drafts