RFC 4954 on SMTP Service Extension for Authentication

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        RFC 4954



        Title:      SMTP Service Extension for Authentication 

        Author:     R. Siemborski, Ed.,

                    A. Melnikov, Ed.

        Status:     Standards Track

        Date:       July 2007

        Mailbox:    robsiemb@google.com, 

                    Alexey.Melnikov@isode.com

        Pages:      20

        Characters: 43493

        Obsoletes:  RFC2554

        Updates:    RFC3463



        I-D Tag:    draft-siemborski-rfc2554bis-09.txt



        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4954.txt



This document defines a Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP)

extension whereby an SMTP client may indicate an authentication

mechanism to the server, perform an authentication protocol exchange,

and optionally negotiate a security layer for subsequent protocol

interactions during this session.  This extension includes a profile

of the Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) for SMTP.



This document obsoletes RFC 2554.  [STANDARDS TRACK]



This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.



STANDARDS TRACK: 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 

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