RFC 2304 (rfc2304) - Page 1 of 8
Minimal FAX address format in Internet Mail
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Network Working Group C. Allocchio
Request for Comments: 2304 GARR-Italy
Category: Standards Track March 1998
Minimal FAX address format in Internet Mail
Status of this Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998). All Rights Reserved.
IESG NOTE
This memo describes a simple method of encoding PSTN addresses of
facsimile devices in the local-part of Internet email addresses.
As with all Internet mail addresses, the left-hand-side (local- part)
of an address generated according to this specification, is not to be
interpreted except by the MTA that is named on the right-hand-side
(domain).
1. Introduction
Since the very first e-mail to fax gateway objects appeared, a number
of different methods to specify a fax address as an e-mail address
have been used by implementors. Two major objectives for this were
- enable an e-mail user to send faxes from his/her e-mail
interface;
- enable some kind of "fax over e-mail service" transport, to
reduce the costs of fax transmissions, and use the existing
e-mail infrastructure.
Allocchio Standards Track