RFC - 1985

SMTP Service Extension for Remote Message Queue Starting

Original:	ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1985.txt
Authors:	J. De Winter [Wildbear Consulting, Inc.]
Date:	August 1996
Category:	Proposed Standard

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Referred by:	20 RFC
Refers to:	2 RFC

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Status

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.

Abstract

This memo defines an extension to the SMTP service whereby an SMTP client and server may interact to give the server an opportunity to start the processing of its queues for messages to go to a given host. This extension is meant to be used in startup conditions as well as for mail nodes that have transient connections to their service providers.

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