DOCUMENT:Q262986 25-SEP-2001 [exchange] TITLE :XGEN: Exchange 5.5 and Exchange 2K RFC/Standards Compliance PRODUCT :Microsoft Exchange PROD/VER::5.5 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbinterop exc55 ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server - Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= The information contained in this article represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation on the issues discussed as of the date of publication. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information that is presented in this article after the date of publication. 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 which Requests for Comments (RFC) and other standards are supported in Exchange Server 5.5 and Exchange 2000 Server. 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 chose 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.w3c.org/ http://www.itu.int/ http://www.ecma.ch/ MORE INFORMATION ================ All documents 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 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; see Q127868 Exchange 2000 specific: Compatible with X.400 systems Document: W3C HTML32 Title: Hyper-Text Markup Language v3.2 Exchange 5.5 specific: Compliant Exchange 2000 specific: Compliant Document: ECMA-262 Title: ECMAscript Exchange 5.5 specific: Not applicable Exchange 2000 specific: Compliant RFC: 977 Title: NNTP - (Network News Transfer Protocol) Exchange 5.5 specific: Compliant; see Exchange Internet Protocols Whitepaper (http://support.microsoft.com /support/exchange/content/whitepapers/intprot.asp) Exchange 2000 specific: Windows 2000 operating system (NNTP Service) RFC: 1006 Title: OSI session over TCP/IP Replaces: 983 Exchange 5.5 specific: Conformant & certified; see Q127868 Exchange 2000 specific: TCP/IP is the only X.400 stack available RFC: 1036 Title: NNTP - Format of Usenet Messages Replaces: 850 Exchange 5.5 specific: Compliant Exchange 2000 specific: Windows 2000 NNTP Service RFC: 1123 Title: Internet Hosts Requirements Exchange 5.5 specific: Compliant; see online help Exchange 2000 specific: Windows 2000 operating system RFC: 1459 Title: Internet Relay Chat Protocol Exchange 5.5 specific: Requires Chat Server installation Exchange 2000 specific: Requires Chat Server component RFC: 1510 Title: The Kerberos Network Authentication Service (V5) Exchange 5.5 specific: Not available in Exchange 5.5 Exchange 2000 specific: Windows 2000 operating system RFC: 1566 Title: Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Exchange 5.5 specific: Compliant; see the following: Online Help ? Concepts and Planning Online Help - Maintenance and Troubleshooting Exchange 2000 specific: uses Windows 2000 Operating System WMI RFC: 1652 Title: SMTP Extension for 8BITMIME Exchange 5.5 specific: Not available in Exchange 5.5 Exchange 2000 specific: Windows 2000 operating system (SMTP Service) RFC: 1731 Title: IMAP4 AUTH Commands Exchange 5.5 specific: Compliant; see Exchange Internet Protocols White paper Exchange 2000 specific: Windows Integrated (NTLM, SPA) RFC: 1734 Title: POP3 AUTH Command Exchange 5.5 specific: Compliant; see Exchange Internet Protocols White paper Exchange 2000 specific: Windows Integrated (NTLM, SPA) RFC: 1769 Title: Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) Exchange 5.5 specific: Windows NT 4.0 ? see Q266209 Windows 2000 Operating System Exchange 2000 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 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (Active Directory) RFC: 1823 Title: The LDAP Application Program Interface (API) Exchange 5.5 specific: Exchange 5.5 Directory Exchange 2000 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (Active Directory) RFC: 1830 Title: BDAT command from the CHUNKING ESMTP specification Exchange 5.5 specific: Not available in Exchange 5.5 Exchange 2000 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (SMTP Service) RFC: 1870 Title: SMTP SIZE Extension Exchange 5.5 specific: Online Help Exchange 2000 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (SMTP Service) RFC: 1891 Title: Delivery Status Notifications (DSN) SMTP Extension Exchange 5.5 specific: Online Help Exchange 2000 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (SMTP Service) See Q284204 XCON: Delivery Status Notifications in Exchange 2000 Server; Q256321 XCON: Enhanced Status Codes for Delivery - RFC 1893 RFC: 1892 Title: Multipart format for report messages (MIME) Exchange 5.5 specific: Not available in Exchange 5.5 Exchange 2000 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (SMTP Service) RFC: 1893 Title: Enhanced System Status Codes (SMTP) Exchange 5.5 specific: Not available in Exchange 5.5 Exchange 2000 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (SMTP Service) See Q284204 XCON: Delivery Status Notifications in Exchange 2000 Server; Q256321 XCON: Enhanced Status Codes for Delivery - RFC 1893 RFC: 1894 Title: MIME format for DSNs Exchange 5.5 specific: Not available in Exchange 5.5 Exchange 2000 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (SMTP Service) - fully compliant; Exchange 2000 Store ? not fully compliant until Service Pack 2 RFC: 1939 Title: POP3 - (Post Office Protocol 3) Exchange 5.5 specific: Compliant; see Exchange Internet Protocols White paper Exchange 2000 specific: Exchange 2000 POP3 Service RFC: 1960 Title: LDAP Search Filters Exchange 5.5 specific: Exchange 5.5 Directory Service Exchange 2000 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (Active Directory) RFC: 1985 Title: ETRN Exchange 5.5 specific: Compliant; see online help Exchange 2000 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 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (SMTP Service) - fully compliant; Exchange 2000 Store - not fully compliant until Service Pack 2 RFC: 2045 Title: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Updates: 822 Obsoletes: 1521, 1522, 1590 Exchange 5.5 specific: Compliant Exchange 2000 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (SMTP Service) & Exchange 2000 Information Store RFC: 2046 Title: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Updates: 822 Obsoletes: 1521, 1522, 1590 Exchange 5.5 specific: Compliant Exchange 2000 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (SMTP Service) & Exchange 2000 Information Store RFC: 2047 Title: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Obsoletes: 1521, 1522, 1590 Exchange 5.5 specific: Compliant Exchange 2000 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (SMTP Service) & Exchange 2000 Information Store RFC: 2060 Title: IMAP4 - (Internet Message Access Protocol 4) Exchange 5.5 specific: Compliant; see Exchange Internet Protocols White paper Exchange 2000 specific: Exchange 2000 IMAP4 Service RFC: 2088 Title: IMAP4 non-synchronizing literals Exchange 5.5 specific: Compliant; see Exchange Internet Protocols White paper Exchange 2000 specific: Exchange 2000 IMAP4 Service RFC: 2131 Title: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Exchange 5.5 specific: Windows NT 4.0 (DHCP Service) Exchange 2000 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 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 specific: Not available in Exchange 2000 RFC: 2157 Title: Mapping between X.400 and RFC-822/MIME Messages Exchange 5.5 specific: Not compliant Exchange 2000 specific: Not compliant RFC: 2163 Title: Using DNS to Distribute MIXER Conformant Global Address Mapping (MCGAM) Exchange 5.5 specific: Not available in Exchange 5.5 Exchange 2000 specific: Not available in Exchange 2000 RFC: 2177 Title: IMAP4 IDLE command Exchange 5.5 specific: Exchange 5.5 Information Store Exchange 2000 specific: Exchange 2000 IMAP4 Service RFC: 2181 Title: Clarifications to the DNS Specification Exchange 5.5 specific: Not applicable Exchange 2000 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 specific: Exchange 2000 IMAP4 Service RFC: 2197 Title: SMTP command pipelining Exchange 5.5 specific: Not available in Exchange 5.5 Exchange 2000 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System RFC: 2221 Title: IMAP4 Login Referrals Exchange 5.5 specific: Exchange 5.5 Information Store Exchange 2000 specific: Exchange 2000 IMAP4 Service RFC: 2246 Title: TLS v1.0 Exchange 5.5 specific: Internet Mail Service (SMTP ? See RFC 2487) Exchange 2000 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 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (Active Directory) RFC: 2251 Title: LDAP v3 Exchange 5.5 specific: Exchange 5.5 Directory Service Exchange 2000 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 specific: Some portions may not be applicable RFC: 2256 Title: Summary of the X.500 User Schema (LDAPv3) Exchange 5.5 specific: Not applicable Exchange 2000 specific: Some portions may not be applicable RFC: 2279 Title: UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646 Exchange 5.5 specific: Not available in Exchange 5.5 Exchange 2000 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (SMTP Service) & 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 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 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 specific: Exchange 2000 IMAP4 Service RFC: 2359 Title: IMAP4 UIDPLUS extension Exchange 5.5 specific: Not available in Exchange 5.5 Exchange 2000 specific: Exchange 2000 IMAP4 Service RFC: 2421 Title: Voice Profile for Internet Mail - version 2 Exchange 5.5 specific: Not available Exchange 2000 specific: Compliant. Further conformance information at http://www.ema.org/vpim/conformance/declarations.html RFC: 2426 Title: vCard MIME Directory Profile Exchange 5.5 specific: Requires Outlook 98 or later client; see Q167080 Exchange 2000 specific: Requires Outlook 98 or later client; see Q167080 RFC: 2449 Title: POP3 Extension Mechanism Updates: 1939 Exchange 5.5 specific: Not compliant Exchange 2000 specific: Exchange 2000 POP3 Service RFC: 2487 Title: SMTP Extension for STARTTLS Exchange 5.5 specific: Exchange 5.5 Internet Mail Service Exchange 2000 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (SMTP Service) RFC: 2518 Title: HTTP Extensions for Distributed Authoring - WEBDAV Exchange 5.5 specific: Not applicable Exchange 2000 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 "Rich Clients" 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 AUTH Extension Exchange 5.5 specific: Exchange 5.5 Internet Mail Service Exchange 2000 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 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 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 specific: When used in conjunction with an S/MIME client RFC: 2645 Title: Authenticated TURN (ATRN) Exchange 5.5 specific: Not supported Exchange 2000 specific: Not fully 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 specific: Supported by Windows 2000 DNS Service Required by Windows 2000 Active Directory & Exchange 2000 Instant Messenger 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 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 & Information Store Exchange 2000 specific: Windows 2000 Operating System (SMTP Service) & Exchange 2000 Information Store Additional query words: rfc compliant standards ====================================================================== Keywords : kbinterop exc55 Technology : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange550 kbZNotKeyword2 kbExchange2000Search kbExchange2000Serv Version : :5.5 Issue type : kbinfo ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.