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Q118968: SMTP: RFC822 Header Fields Used by the Gateway

Article: Q118968
Product(s): Microsoft Mail For PC Networks
Version(s): MS-DOS:3.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 04-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Mail Gateway to SMTP, version 3.0 
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SUMMARY
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The Microsoft Mail Gateway to SMTP uses the following RFC 822 headers:

  TO
  CC
  FROM
  SUBJECT
  RETURN-RECEIPT-TO
  RR
  ENCODING
  X-MS-ATTACHMENT (for SMTP Gateway 3.0 and later, used for SMTP backbone mail)
  X-NC-ATTACHMENT (for SMTP Gateway 2.1b or earlier)

All other fields are preserved and passed on in the message to the recipient,
unused by the gateway.

Additional query words: 3.00 smtp header RFC822

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMailSearch kbMailGateSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbMailGateSMTP300
Version           : MS-DOS:3.0

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