Simple Mail Transfer Protocol extension for Message Transfer Priorities
draft-melnikov-smtp-priority-18
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Network Working Group A. Melnikov
Internet-Draft Isode Ltd
Intended status: Standards Track K. Carlberg
Expires: December 13, 2012 G11
June 11, 2012
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol extension for Message Transfer Priorities
draft-melnikov-smtp-priority-18
Abstract
This memo defines an extension to the SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer
Protocol) service whereby messages are given a label to indicate
preferential handling, to enable mail handling nodes to take this
into account for onward processing.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Conventions Used in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. Definition of the Priority SMTP Extension . . . . . . . . . . 4
4. Handling of messages received via SMTP . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4.1. Handling of the MT-PRIORITY parameter by the receiving
SMTP server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4.2. Relay of messages to other conforming SMTP servers . . . . 6
4.3. Relay of messages to non-conforming SMTP servers . . . . . 6
4.4. Mailing lists and Aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.5. Gatewaying a message into a foreign environment . . . . . 7
4.6. Interaction with DSN SMTP Extension . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5. The Priority Service Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5.1. Expedited Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5.2. Timely Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6. Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
7. Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
8. Deployment Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
8.1. Multiple MX records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
8.2. Consistent priority handling policy . . . . . . . . . . . 11
9. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
10. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
11. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
11.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
11.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Appendix A. Mapping of MT-PRIORITY parameter values for
Military Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Appendix B. Mapping of MT-PRIORITY parameter values for MIXER . . 17
Appendix C. Mapping of National Security / Emergency
Preparedness (NS/EP) Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Appendix D. Possible implementation strategies . . . . . . . . . 18
D.1. Probability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
D.2. Preemption of sessions or transactions . . . . . . . . . . 19
D.3. Resource Allocation Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Appendix E. Background on Design Choices . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Appendix F. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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