RFC 2487: SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over TLS

This document describes an extension to the SMTP service that allows an SMTP server and client to use transport-layer security to provide private,…

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Outgoing relationships (6 related RFCs)

Informative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Informative reference — RFC 2246: The TLS Protocol Version 1.0
Informative reference — RFC 821: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 2222: Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL)
Informative reference — RFC 2034: SMTP Service Extension for Returning Enhanced Error Codes
Informative reference — RFC 1869: SMTP Service Extensions

Incoming relationships (3 related RFCs)

Obsoleted by — RFC 3207: SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over Transport Layer Security
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2595: Using TLS with IMAP, POP3 and ACAP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3117: On the Design of Application Protocols