RFC 2480: Gateways and MIME Security Multiparts

This document examines the problems associated with use of MIME security multiparts and gateways to non-MIME environments. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Outgoing relationships (6 related RFCs)

Informative reference — RFC 2045: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message Bodies
Informative reference — RFC 822: STANDARD FOR THE FORMAT OF ARPA INTERNET TEXT MESSAGES
Informative reference — RFC 2046: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Two: Media Types
Informative reference — RFC 1123: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Application and Support
Informative reference — RFC 2049: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Five: Conformance Criteria and Examples
Informative reference — RFC 1847: Security Multiparts for MIME: Multipart/Signed and Multipart/Encrypted

Incoming relationships (4 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 3459: Critical Content Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Parameter
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5598: Internet Mail Architecture
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7305: Report from the IAB Workshop on Internet Technology Adoption and Transition (ITAT)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4356: Mapping Between the Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) and Internet Mail