RFC 2033 support in Archiveopteryx

Abstract from the RFC text:

SMTP [SMTP] [HOST-REQ] and its service extensions [ESMTP] provide a mechanism for transferring mail reliably and efficiently. The design of the SMTP protocol effectively requires the server to manage a mail delivery queue.

In some limited circumstances, outside the area of mail exchange between independent hosts on public networks, it is desirable to implement a system where a mail receiver does not manage a queue. This document describes the LMTP protocol for transporting mail into such systems.

Although LMTP is an alternative protocol to ESMTP, it uses (with a few changes) the syntax and semantics of ESMTP. This design permits LMTP to utilize the extensions defined for ESMTP. LMTP should be used only by specific prior arrangement and configuration, and it MUST NOT be used on TCP port 25.

Notes: None

There are no errata for RFC 2033 (as of 2008-08-25).

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