Microsoft KB Archive/262986

= Exchange Server RFC and standards compliance =

Article ID: 262986

Article Last Modified on 10/25/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q262986



SUMMARY
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This article is for informational purposes only. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT.

This article is intended to be a reference for the Requests for Comments (RFC) and other standards that are supported in Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5, Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. While every effort has been made to verify this information, omission of an RFC from this list does not necessarily mean that Exchange does not at least partially comply with the RFC. RFCs are guidelines, but often contain two types of information: required and optional. Microsoft and other vendors may or may not choose to implement optional requirements or may interpret portions of RFCs differently.

However, if you do have an issue where you feel that Exchange is not compliant with a particular RFC and this is causing a problem, please open a support incident with Microsoft Product Support Services.

Please visit the following non-Microsoft Web sites for additional information:

http://www.rfc-editor.org/

http://www.ietf.org

http://www.w3.org

http://www.itu.int

http://www.ecma-international.org



MORE INFORMATION
All document references are listed in the following format:

Document/RFC: Document or RFC index

Title: Description and/or title of document

Updates: RFCs updated by this document

Replaces: RFCs replaced by this document and/or obsolete

Exchange 5.5 specific: Compliant or non-compliant; If applicable, the component and any other notes about compliance; Links to additional information

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Compliant or non-compliant; If applicable, the component and any other notes about compliance; Links to additional information

Not all document references may contain all fields that are shown in the sample format. In some cases, the information has been consolidated. Refer to the document source for the latest information.

Document: CCITT-ITU Recommendations X.400-X.420

Title: Data Communication Networks Message Handling Systems - 1988 & 1984 standards

Exchange 5.5 specific: Conformant & US/UK GOSIP certified. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

127868 Supported CCITT and ISO standards

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Compatible with X.400 systems

Document: W3C HTML32

Title: Hyper-Text Markup Language v3.2

Exchange 5.5 specific: Compliant

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Compliant

Document: ECMA-262

Title: ECMAscript

Exchange 5.5 specific: Not applicable

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Compliant



RFC: 791

Title: Internet Protocol (IP)

Replaces: 760

Exchange 5.5 specific: Windows operating system

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows 2000 operating system

RFC: 793

Title: Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

Replaces: 761

Exchange 5.5 specific: Windows operating system

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows 2000 operating system

RFC: 977

Title: NNTP - (Network News Transfer Protocol)

Exchange 5.5 specific: Compliant.

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows 2000 operating system (NNTP Service)

RFC: 1006

Title: OSI session over TCP/IP

Replaces: 983

Exchange 5.5 specific: Conformant & certified. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

127868 Supported CCITT and ISO standards

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: TCP/IP is the only X.400 stack available

RFC: 1036

Title: Standard for Interchange of Usenet Messages

Replaces: 850

Exchange 5.5 specific: Compliant

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows 2000 NNTP Service



RFC: 1123

Title: Internet Hosts Requirements

Exchange 5.5 specific: Compliant; see online help

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows 2000 operating system

RFC: 1459

Title: Internet Relay Chat Protocol

Exchange 5.5 specific: Requires Chat Server installation

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Requires Chat Server component, not available in Exchange Server 2003

RFC: 1510

Title: The Kerberos Network Authentication Service (V5)

Exchange 5.5 specific: Not available in Exchange 5.5

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows 2000 operating system

RFC: 1652

Title: SMTP Service Extension for 8bit-MIMEtransport

Exchange 5.5 specific: Not available in Exchange 5.5

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows 2000 operating system (SMTP Service)

RFC: 1731

Title: IMAP4 Authentication Mechanisms

Exchange 5.5 specific: Compliant; see Exchange Internet Protocols White paper

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows Integrated (NTLM, SPA)

RFC: 1734

Title: POP3 AUTHentication Command

Exchange 5.5 specific: Compliant; see Exchange Internet Protocols White paper

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows Integrated (NTLM, SPA)

RFC: 1769

Title: Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP)

Exchange 5.5 specific: Windows NT 4.0; Windows 2000 Operating System For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

266209 Network time protocols and the Timeserv.exe utility file

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System

RFC: 1777

Title: LDAP v2 -(Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)

Exchange 5.5 specific: Compliant; see Exchange Internet Protocols White paper

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (Active Directory)

RFC: 1823

Title: The LDAP Application Program Interface (API)

Exchange 5.5 specific: Exchange 5.5 Directory Service

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (Active Directory)

RFC: 1870

Title: SMTP SIZEDeclaration

Exchange 5.5 specific: Online Help

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (SMTP Service)



RFC: 1939

Title: POP3 - (Post Office Protocol 3)

Exchange 5.5 specific: Compliant; see Exchange Internet Protocols White paper

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Exchange 2000 POP3 Service

RFC: 1985

Title: SMTP Service Extension - ETRN

Exchange 5.5 specific: Compliant; see online help

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (SMTP Service) & Exchange SMTP Connector

RFC: 2034

Title: SMTP Enhanced Error Codes

Exchange 5.5 specific: Not available in Exchange 5.5

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (SMTP Service) - fully compliant; Exchange 2000 Store - not fully compliant until Service Pack 2



RFC: 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049

Title: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)

Updates: 822

Obsoletes: 1521, 1522, 1590

Exchange 5.5 specific: Compliant

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Compliant

RFC: 2088

Title: IMAP4 non-synchronizing literals

Exchange 5.5 specific: Compliant; see Exchange Internet Protocols White paper

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Exchange 2000 IMAP4 Service

RFC: 2131

Title: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

Exchange 5.5 specific: Windows NT 4.0 (DHCP Service)

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (DHCP Service)

RFC: 2136

Title: Dynamic Updates in the Domain Name System (DDNS)

Exchange 5.5 specific: Not directly available in Windows NT 4.0

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Supported by Windows 2000 DNS Service Required by Windows 2000 Active Directory & Exchange 2000 Directory Services Access

RFC: 2156

Title: MIME Internet X.400 Enhanced Relay (MIXER)

Replaces: 987, 1026, 1138, 1148, 1327, 1495

Updates: 822

Exchange 5.5 specific: Requires at least Exchange 5.5 SP3

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Not available in Exchange 2000

RFC: 2157

Title: Mapping between X.400 and RFC-822/MIME Message Bodies

Exchange 5.5 specific: Not compliant

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Not compliant

RFC: 2163

Title: Using the Internet DNS to Distribute MIXER Conformant Global Address Mapping (MCGAM)

Exchange 5.5 specific: Not available in Exchange 5.5

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Not available in Exchange 2000

RFC: 2177

Title: IMAP4 IDLE command

Exchange 5.5 specific: Exchange 5.5 Information Store

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Exchange 2000 IMAP4 Service

RFC: 2181

Title: Clarifications to the DNS Specification

Exchange 5.5 specific: Not applicable

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Supported by Windows 2000 DNS Service. Required by Windows 2000 Active Directory

RFC: 2193

Title: IMAP4 Mailbox Referrals

Exchange 5.5 specific: Exchange 5.5 Information Store

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Exchange 2000 IMAP4 Service

RFC: 2221

Title: IMAP4 Login Referrals

Exchange 5.5 specific: Exchange 5.5 Information Store

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Exchange 2000 IMAP4 Service

RFC: 2246

Title: TLS Protocol v1.0

Exchange 5.5 specific: Internet Mail Service (SMTP: See RFC 2487)

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (SMTP: See RFC 2487)

RFC: 2247

Title: Using Domains in LDAP/X.500 Distinguished Names

Exchange 5.5 specific: Not applicable

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (Active Directory)

RFC: 2251

Title: LDAP v3

Exchange 5.5 specific: Exchange 5.5 Directory Service

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (Active Directory)

RFC: 2252

Title: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): Attribute Syntax Definitions

Exchange 5.5 specific: Some portions may not be applicable

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Some portions may not be applicable

RFC: 2254

Title: The String Representation of LDAP Search Filters

Obsoletes: 1558, 1960

Exchange 5.5 specific: Exchange 5.5 Directory Service

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (Active Directory)

RFC: 2256

Title: Summary of the X.500 User Schema (LDAPv3)

Exchange 5.5 specific: Not applicable

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Some portions may not be applicable

RFC: 2279

Title: UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646

Exchange 5.5 specific: Available in Exchange 5.5

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (SMTP Service) and Exchange 2000 Information Store

RFC: 2311

Title: S/MIME Version 2 Message Specification

Exchange 5.5 specific: Requires Outlook 98 or later or S/MIME client

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Requires Outlook 98 or later or S/MIME client

RFC: 2312

Title: S/MIME Version 2 Certificate Handling

Exchange 5.5 specific: Requires Outlook 98 or later or S/MIME client

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Requires Outlook 98 or later or S/MIME client

RFC: 2342

Title: IMAP4 Namespace

Exchange 5.5 specific: Exchange 5.5 Information Store

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Exchange 2000 IMAP4 Service

RFC: 2359

Title: IMAP4 UIDPLUS extension

Exchange 5.5 specific: Not available in Exchange 5.5

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Exchange 2000 IMAP4 Service

RFC: 2421

Title: Voice Profile for Internet Mail - version 2

Exchange 5.5 specific: Not available

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Compliant. For more information, visit the following Open Group Web site:

http://www.opengroup.org/messaging/vpim/conformance/declarations.html

RFC: 2426

Title: vCard MIME Directory Profile

Exchange 5.5 specific: Requires Outlook 98 or later client

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Requires Outlook 98 or later client

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

167080 Outlook support for vCards

RFC: 2449

Title: POP3 Extension Mechanism

Updates: 1939

Exchange 5.5 specific: Not compliant

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Exchange 2000 POP3 Service

RFC: 2518

Title: HTTP Extensions for Distributed Authoring - WEBDAV

Exchange 5.5 specific: Not applicable

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System, Exchange Web Store, IE5, Outlook Express (using HTTP access), Web Folders - Office 2000, IE5, and Windows 2000 NOTE: OWA when accessed through &quot;Rich Clients&quot; IE 5.0 or greater will also make use of the SEARCH verb which is based on an expired Internet draft

RFC: 2554

Title: SMTP Service Extension for Authentication

Exchange 5.5 specific: Exchange 5.5 Internet Mail Service

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (SMTP Service)

RFC: 2616

Title: Hypertext Transfer Protocol - HTTP v1.1

Updates: 1945

Exchange 5.5 specific: Internet Information Server

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (World Wide Web Publishing Service)

RFC: 2632

Title: S/MIME Version 3 Certificate Handling

Exchange 5.5 specific: N/A

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: When used in conjunction with an S/MIME client

RFC: 2633

Title: S/MIME Version 3 Message Specification

Exchange 5.5 specific: N/A

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: When used in conjunction with an S/MIME client

RFC: 2645

Title: Authenticated TURN (ATRN)

Exchange 5.5 specific: Not supported

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Not fully compliant

RFC: 2445

Title: Internet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification (iCalendar)

Exchange 5.5 specific: Requires supporting client, must use MS-TNEF format

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Compliant



RFC: 2782

Title: A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV)

Updates: 1035, 1183

Exchange 5.5 specific: Not available in Windows NT 4.0

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Supported by Windows 2000 DNS Service Required by Windows 2000 Active Directory & Exchange 2000 Instant Messenger

RFC: 2789

Title: Mail Monitoring MIB (SNMP)

Obsoletes: 1566, 2249

Exchange 5.5 specific: Compliant; see the following:

Online Help - Concepts and Planning

Online Help - Maintenance and Troubleshooting

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: uses Windows 2000 Operating System WMI

RFC: 2821

Title: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)

Updates: 1123

Replaces: 821, 974, 1869, 788, 780, 772, 1651

Exchange 5.5 specific: Exchange 5.5 Internet Mail Service

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows 2000 operating system (SMTP Service)



RFC: 2822

Title: Internet Message Format

Replaces: 822, 733

Exchange 5.5 specific: Exchange 5.5 Internet Mail Service and Information Store

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (SMTP Service) and Exchange 2000 Information Store

RFC: 2930

Title: Secret Key Establishment for DNS (TKEY RR)

Obsoletes: 1854, 2197, 2920

Exchange 5.5 specific: Not available in Exchange 5.5

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System

RFC: 3030

Obsoletes: 1830

Title: SMTP Service Extensions for Transmission of Large and Binary MIME Messages

Exchange 5.5 specific: Not available in Exchange 5.5

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (SMTP Service)

RFC: 3207

Title: SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over Transport Layer Security

Obsoletes: 2487

Exchange 5.5 specific: Exchange 5.5 Internet Mail Service

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (SMTP Service)

RFC: 3461

Title: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Service Extension for Delivery Status Notifications (DSNs)

Obsoletes: 1891

Exchange 5.5 specific: Online Help

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (SMTP Service)

For more information, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

284204 Delivery status notifications in Exchange Server and in Small Business Server

256321 Enhanced status codes for delivery - RFC 1893

RFC: 3462

Title: Multipart format for report messages (MIME)

Obsoletes: 1892

Exchange 5.5 specific: Not available in Exchange 5.5

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (SMTP Service)

RFC: 3463

Title: Enhanced Mail System Status Codes (SMTP)

Obsoletes: 1893

Exchange 5.5 specific: Not available in Exchange 5.5

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (SMTP Service)

For more information, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

284204 Delivery status notifications in Exchange Server and in Small Business Server

256321 Enhanced status codes for delivery - RFC 1893

RFC: 3464

Title: An Extensible Message Format for Delivery Status Notifications

Obsoletes: 1894

Exchange 5.5 specific: Not available in Exchange 5.5

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Compliant

RFC: 3501

Title:(Internet Message Access Protocol 4)

Obsoletes: 1730, 2060

Exchange 5.5 specific: Compliant; see Exchange Internet Protocols white paper

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Exchange 2000 IMAP4 Service

RFC: 3834

Title: Recommendations for Automatic Responses to Electronic Mail

Exchange 5.5 specific: Not available

Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 specific: Compliant

Additional query words: rfc compliant standards

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