1427: SMTP Service Extension for Message Size Declaration. J. Klensin, WG Chair,

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This memo defines an extension to the SMTP service whereby an SMTP client and server may interact to give the server an opportunity to decline to accept a message (perhaps temporarily) based on the client's estimate of the message size.

Status PROPOSED STANDARD
Format TXT=17856 bytes
Authors K. Moore
Date February 1993
Keyphrases size message size SMTP declared

Obsoleted by

RFC1653: SMTP Service Extension for Message Size Declaration.
Obsoleted by
- RFC1870: SMTP Service Extension for Message Size Declaration.

References

RFC821: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
RFC822: STANDARD FOR THE FORMAT OF ARPA INTERNET TEXT
RFC974: Mail routing and the domain system.
RFC1341: MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions): Mechanisms for Specifying and Describing the Format of Internet Message Bodies.
RFC1342: Representation of Non-ASCII Text in Internet Message Headers.
RFC1425: SMTP Service Extensions. J. Klensin, WG Chair,