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Request for Comments Summary RFC Numbers 1800-1899

RFC 1899                  Summary of 1800-1899              January 1997


1897    Hinden       Jan 96   IPv6 Testing Address Allocation

This document describes an allocation plan for IPv6 addresses to be used
in testing IPv6 prototype software.  This document specifies an
Experimental protocol for the Internet community.


1896    Resnick      Feb 96   The text/enriched MIME Content-type

This document defines one particular type of MIME data, the
text/enriched MIME type.  This memo provides information for the
Internet community.  This memo does not specify an Internet standard of
any kind.


1895    Levinson     Feb 96   The Application/CALS-1840 Content-type

This memorandum provides guidelines for using the United States
Department of Defense Military Standard MIL-STD-1840, "Automated
Interchange of Technical Information," with the Internet electronic mail
standards, RFC 822 and RFC 1521.  This memo provides information for the
Internet community.  This memo does not specify an Internet standard of
any kind.


1894    Moore        Jan 96   An Extensible Message Format for
                              Delivery Status Notifications

This memo defines a MIME content-type that may be used by a message
transfer agent (MTA) or electronic mail gateway to report the result of
an attempt to deliver a message to one or more recipients.  [STANDARDS-
TRACK]


1893    Vaudreuil    Jan 96   Enhanced Mail System Status Codes

There currently is not a standard mechanism for the reporting of mail
system errors except for the limited set offered by SMTP and the system
specific text descriptions sent in mail messages.  There is a pressing
need for a rich machine readable status code for use in delivery status
notifications [DSN].  This document proposes a new set of status codes
for this purpose.  [STANDARDS-TRACK]









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