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In a recent request by a government customer we were asked about the compliance of Domino with various RFC. I've listed them here for reference:
| RFC | Description | Domino | Remarks |
| RFC 1123 | Requirements for Internet Hosts Application and Support (STD 3) | Yes | |
| RFC 1870 | SMTP Service Extension for Message Size Declaration (obsoletes: RFC 1653) | Yes | |
| RFC 2476 | Message Submission Obsolete | | see RFC 4409 below. |
| RFC 2505 | AntiSpam Recommendations for SMTP MTAs (BCP 30) | Yes | |
| RFC 5321 | The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (obsoletes RFC 821 aka STD 10, RFC 974, and RFC 1869, RFC 2821) | Yes | |
| RFC 5322 | Internet Message Format (obsoletes RFC 822 aka STD 11, and RFC 822) | Yes | |
| RFC 2920 | SMTP Service Extension for Command Pipelining (STD 60) | Yes | |
| RFC 3030 | SMTP Service Extensions for Transmission of Large and Binary MIME Messages | No | |
| RFC 3207 | SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over Transport Layer Security (obsoletes RFC 2487) | Yes | |
| RFC 3461 | SMTP Service Extension for Delivery Status Notifications (obsoletes RFC 1891) | Yes | |
| RFC 3462 | The Multipart/Report Content Type for the Reporting of Mail System Administrative Messages (obsoletes RFC 1892) | Yes | |
| RFC 3463 | Enhanced Status Codes for SMTP (obsoletes RFC 1893 ) | Yes | |
| RFC 3464 | An Extensible Message Format for Delivery Status Notifications (obsoletes RFC 1894) | Yes | |
| RFC 3834 | Recommendations for Automatic Responses to Electronic Mail | Yes | |
| RFC 4409 | Message Submission for Mail (obsoletes RFC 2476) | Partial | Domino can be configured to act as an MSA, but is not strictly compliant (e.g. does not qualify unqualified domains in addresses) |
| RFC 4952 | Overview and Framework for Internationalized Email | | This is not a standard - only an informational document |
| RFC 4954 | SMTP Service Extension for Authentication (obsoletes RFC 2554) | Yes | |
| RFC 5068 | Email Submission Operations: Access and Accountability Requirements (BCP 134) | Yes | This is not a standard - it is a document describing a set of operational best practices. Domino can be configured to support these practices |
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Comments
Posted by Stephan H. Wissel At 09:23:26 On 04/15/2009 | - Website - |
thanks for publishing. Perfect listing, I will reuse that.
Claus
Posted by Claus Allweil At 19:36:36 On 04/16/2009 | - Website - |
How do others compare (Exchange, SendMail, qmail, etc)?
Posted by Dave Harris At 18:48:21 On 04/14/2009 | - Website - |