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The Batch SMTP Media Type

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Network Working Group                                         N. Freed
Request for Comments: 2442                                   D. Newman
Category: Informational                                       Innosoft
                                                          J. Belissent
                                                      Sun Microsystems
                                                                M. Hoy
                                                             Mainbrace
                                                         November 1998


                                  The
                               Batch SMTP
                               Media Type

Status of this Memo

   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does
   not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of this
   memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This document defines a MIME content type suitable for tunneling an
   ESMTP [RFC-821, RFC-1869] transaction through any MIME-capable
   transport.  This type can be used for a variety of purposes,
   including:  Extending end-to-end MIME-based security services (e.g.,
   [RFC-1847]) to cover message envelope information as well as message
   content.  Making it possible to use specific SMTP extensions such as
   NOTARY [RFC-1891] over unextended SMTP transport infrastructure.
   Enabling the transfer of multiple separate messages in a single
   transactional unit.

Requirements Notation

   This document occasionally uses terms that appear in capital letters.
   When the terms "MUST", "MUST NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", and "MAY"
   appear capitalized, they are being used to indicate particular
   requirements of this specification. A discussion of the meanings of
   the terms "MUST", "SHOULD", and "MAY" appears in [RFC-1123]; the
   terms "MUST NOT" and "SHOULD NOT" are logical extensions of this
   usage.






Freed, et. al.               Informational
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