{
  "draft": null,
  "doc_id": "RFC821",
  "title": "Simple Mail Transfer Protocol",
  "authors": [
    "J. Postel"
  ],
  "format": [
    "TEXT",
    "HTML"
  ],
  "page_count": "72",
  "pub_status": "INTERNET STANDARD",
  "status": "INTERNET STANDARD",
  "source": "Legacy",
  "abstract": "The objective of Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is to transfer mail reliably and efficiently.  SMTP is independent of the particular transmission subsystem and requires only a reliable ordered data stream channel.  Obsoletes RFC 788, 780, and 772.",
  "pub_date": "August 1982",
  "keywords": [
    "SMTP"
  ],
  "obsoletes": [
    "RFC788"
  ],
  "obsoleted_by": [
    "RFC2821"
  ],
  "updates": [],
  "updated_by": [],
  "see_also": [],
  "doi": "10.17487/RFC821",
  "errata_url": null
}