Mail transfer reliability in Simple Mail Tranfer Protocol(SMTP)
draft-khanna-smtp-mail-transfer-reliability-00
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| Author | Kumar Khanna | ||
| Last updated | 2000-10-03 | ||
| RFC stream | (None) | ||
| Intended RFC status | (None) | ||
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| Stream | Stream state | (No stream defined) | |
| Consensus boilerplate | Unknown | ||
| RFC Editor Note | (None) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | Expired | |
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Abstract
This draft discusses the issue which makes the data tranfer in SMTP protocol highly vulnerable to a 'resend' in case of a network disruption. We then discuss a means by which such a 'resend' can be avoided, by tranferring mail data only from the point of disruption.
Authors
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