RFC 3249 (rfc3249) - Page 1 of 21
Implementers Guide for Facsimile Using Internet Mail
Alternative Format: Original Text Document
Network Working Group V. Cancio
Request for Comments: 3249 Xerox Corporation
Category: Informational M. Moldovan
G3 Nova Technology, Inc.
H. Tamura
Ricoh Company, LTD.
D. Wing
Cisco Systems
September 2002
Implementers Guide for Facsimile Using Internet Mail
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 (2002). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This document is intended for the implementers of software that use
email to send to facsimiles using RFC 2305 and 2532. This is an
informational document and its guidelines do not supersede the
referenced documents.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction .................................................. 2
1.1 Organization of this document ................................ 2
1.2 Discussion of this document .................................. 2
2. Terminology ................................................... 3
3. Implementation Issues Specific to Simple Mode ................. 3
3.1 Simple Mode Fax Senders ...................................... 3
3.1.1 Multipart-alternative ...................................... 3
3.2 Simple Mode Fax Receivers .................................... 4
3.2.1 Multipart-alternative and Storage Capacity ................. 4
4. Implementation Issues Specific to Extended Mode ............... 4
4.1 Multipart-alternative ........................................ 4
4.2 Correlation of MDN with Original Message ..................... 4
4.3 Correlation of DSN with Original Message ..................... 5
4.4 Extended Mode Receivers ...................................... 5
4.4.1 Confirmation of receipt and processing from User Agents .... 5
4.4.1.1 Discrepancies in MDN [9] Interpretation .................. 5
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