| 1035 | Domain names - implementation and specificationP. Mockapetris | Internet Standard | November 1987 |
| 2045 | Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message BodiesN. Freed, N. Borenstein | Draft Standard | November 1996 |
| 2046 | Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Two: Media TypesN. Freed, N. Borenstein | Draft Standard | November 1996 |
| 2119 | Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement LevelsS. Bradner | Best Current Practice | March 1997 |
| 2616 | Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1R. Fielding, J. Gettys, J. Mogul, H. Frystyk, L. Masinter, P. Leach, T. Berners-Lee · obsoleted by RFC 7230, RFC 7231, RFC 7232, RFC 7233, RFC 7234, RFC 7235 | Draft Standard | June 1999 |
| 3462 | The Multipart/Report Content Type for the Reporting of Mail System Administrative MessagesG. Vaudreuil · obsoleted by RFC 6522 | Draft Standard | January 2003 |
| 3464 | An Extensible Message Format for Delivery Status NotificationsK. Moore, G. Vaudreuil | Draft Standard | January 2003 |
| 3986 | Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic SyntaxT. Berners-Lee, R. Fielding, L. Masinter | Internet Standard | January 2005 |
| 4288 | Media Type Specifications and Registration ProceduresN. Freed, J. Klensin · obsoleted by RFC 6838 | Best Current Practice | December 2005 |
| 4406 | Sender ID: Authenticating E-MailJ. Lyon, M. Wong | Historic | April 2006 |
| 4408 | Sender Policy Framework (SPF) for Authorizing Use of Domains in E-Mail, Version 1M. Wong, W. Schlitt · obsoleted by RFC 7208 | Experimental | April 2006 |
| 4871 | DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) SignaturesE. Allman, J. Callas, M. Delany, M. Libbey, J. Fenton, M. Thomas · obsoleted by RFC 6376 | Proposed Standard | May 2007 |
| 5226 | Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCsT. Narten, H. Alvestrand · obsoleted by RFC 8126 | Best Current Practice | May 2008 |
| 5234 | Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNFD. Crocker, Ed., P. Overell | Internet Standard | January 2008 |
| 5321 | Simple Mail Transfer ProtocolJ. Klensin | Draft Standard | October 2008 |
| 5322 | Internet Message FormatP. Resnick, Ed. | Draft Standard | October 2008 |
| 5451 | Message Header Field for Indicating Message Authentication StatusM. Kucherawy · obsoleted by RFC 7001 | Proposed Standard | April 2009 |
| 5598 | Internet Mail ArchitectureD. Crocker | Informational | July 2009 |
| 5741 | RFC Streams, Headers, and BoilerplatesL. Daigle, Ed., O. Kolkman, Ed., IAB · obsoleted by RFC 7841 | Informational | December 2009 |
| 5751 | Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) Version 3.2 Message SpecificationB. Ramsdell, S. Turner · obsoleted by RFC 8551 | Proposed Standard | January 2010 |