RFC 1168

"Intermail and Commercial Mail Relay services", July 1990

Canonical URL:

http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1168.txt
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Status:

INFORMATIONAL

Authors:

A. Westine
A.L. DeSchon
J. Postel
C.E. Ward

Stream:

[Legacy]

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Abstract

This RFC discusses the history and evolution of the Intermail and Commercial mail systems. The problems encountered in operating a store-and-forward mail relay between commercial systems such as Telemail, MCI Mail and Dialcom are also discussed. This RFC provides information for the Internet community, and does not specify any standard.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 4844.