{
  "draft": "draft-ietf-uta-email-deep-12",
  "doc_id": "RFC8314",
  "title": "Cleartext Considered Obsolete: Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) for Email Submission and Access",
  "authors": [
    "K. Moore",
    "C. Newman"
  ],
  "format": [
    "TEXT",
    "HTML"
  ],
  "page_count": "26",
  "pub_status": "PROPOSED STANDARD",
  "status": "PROPOSED STANDARD",
  "source": "Using TLS in Applications",
  "abstract": "This specification outlines current recommendations for the use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) to provide confidentiality of email traffic between a Mail User Agent (MUA) and a Mail Submission Server or Mail Access Server.  This document updates RFCs 1939, 2595, 3501, 5068, 6186, and 6409.",
  "pub_date": "January 2018",
  "keywords": [
    "POP",
    "IMAP",
    "SMTP",
    "MSP",
    "mail submission",
    "STARTTLS",
    "DANE",
    "TLSA"
  ],
  "obsoletes": [],
  "obsoleted_by": [],
  "updates": [
    "RFC1939",
    "RFC2595",
    "RFC3501",
    "RFC5068",
    "RFC6186",
    "RFC6409"
  ],
  "updated_by": [
    "RFC8997"
  ],
  "see_also": [],
  "doi": "10.17487/RFC8314",
  "errata_url": "https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/rfc8314"
}