RFC 1047

"Duplicate messages and SMTP", February 1988

Canonical URL:

http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1047.txt
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Status:

UNKNOWN

Author:

C. Partridge

Stream:

[Legacy]

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Abstract

An examination of a synchronization problem in the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is presented. This synchronization problem can cause a message to be delivered multiple times. A method for avoiding this problem is suggested. Nodding familiarity with the SMTP specification, RFC-821, is required.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 4844.