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Appendix A
Supported StandardsThis appendix lists national, international, and industry standards related to electronic messaging and for which support is claimed by Sun Java System Messaging Server. Most of these are Internet standards, published by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and approved by the Internet Activities Board (IAB). Standards for documents from other sources are noted.
Several of the documents are listed with an obsolete status. These are included because they describe protocol features that were obsolete or replaced by later documents, but are still in widespread use.
MessagingThe following documents are relevant to national and international standards for messaging, specifically messaging structure.
Basic Message Structure
The structure of basic messages is explained in the documents listed in Table A-1.
Access Protocols and Message Store
The documents listed in Table A-2 contain information about access protocols and message stores.
SMTP and Extended SMTP
The documents listed in Table A-3 contain information about Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and Extended SMTP.
Message Content and Structure
The following documents specify message contents handling, most of which is covered by the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME). There are also several non-standard message content RFCs that are supported by the SIMS product, which are listed separately in Table A-4.
Delivery Status Notifications
The list of documents in Table A-5 describe delivery status notification.
Security
The list of documents in Table A-6 describe security protocols.
Domain Name ServiceThe documents listed in Table A-7 specify the naming facilities of the Internet and how those facilities are used in messaging.
Text and Character Set SpecificationsThe following tables list documents that describe national and international telecommunications and information processing requirements.
Note
Sun Java System Messaging Server supports additional character set and language standards not listed here.
National and International
Table A-8 contains material pertaining to national and international telecommunications and information exchange standards.
Internet References
The documentation in Table A-9 describes Internet communications standards.