RFC 788: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

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Outgoing relationships (3 related RFCs)

Obsoletes — RFC 780: Mail Transfer Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 793: Transmission Control Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 733: Standard for the format of ARPA network text messages

Incoming relationships (7 related RFCs)

Obsoleted by — RFC 821: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1011: Official Internet protocols
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2626: The Internet and the Millennium Problem (Year 2000)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 840: Official protocols
Informatively referenced by — RFC 961: Official ARPA-Internet protocols
Informatively referenced by — RFC 991: Official ARPA-Internet protocols
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1206: FYI on Questions and Answers: Answers to commonly asked "new Internet user" questions