| 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 |
| 2119 | Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement LevelsS. Bradner | Best Current Practice | March 1997 |
| 2142 | Mailbox Names for Common Services, Roles and FunctionsD. Crocker | Proposed Standard | May 1997 |
| 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 |
| 4033 | DNS Security Introduction and RequirementsR. Arends, R. Austein, M. Larson, D. Massey, S. Rose | Proposed Standard | March 2005 |
| 4343 | Domain Name System (DNS) Case Insensitivity ClarificationD. Eastlake 3rd | Proposed Standard | January 2006 |
| 4686 | Analysis of Threats Motivating DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM)J. Fenton | Informational | September 2006 |
| 4949 | Internet Security Glossary, Version 2R. Shirey | Informational | August 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 |
| 5585 | DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Service OverviewT. Hansen, D. Crocker, P. Hallam-Baker | Informational | July 2009 |
| 5598 | Internet Mail ArchitectureD. Crocker | Informational | July 2009 |
| 5617 | DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Author Domain Signing Practices (ADSP)E. Allman, J. Fenton, M. Delany, J. Levine | Historic | August 2009 |
| 5741 | RFC Streams, Headers, and BoilerplatesL. Daigle, Ed., O. Kolkman, Ed., IAB · obsoleted by RFC 7841 | Informational | December 2009 |
| 5863 | DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Development, Deployment, and OperationsT. Hansen, E. Siegel, P. Hallam-Baker, D. Crocker | Informational | May 2010 |
| 5890 | Internationalized Domain Names for Applications (IDNA): Definitions and Document FrameworkJ. Klensin | Proposed Standard | August 2010 |
| 5965 | An Extensible Format for Email Feedback ReportsY. Shafranovich, J. Levine, M. Kucherawy | Proposed Standard | August 2010 |
| 6376 | DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) SignaturesD. Crocker, Ed., T. Hansen, Ed., M. Kucherawy, Ed. | Internet Standard | September 2011 |
| 6377 | DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) and Mailing ListsM. Kucherawy | Best Current Practice | September 2011 |
| 6591 | Authentication Failure Reporting Using the Abuse Reporting FormatH. Fontana | Proposed Standard | April 2012 |
| 6651 | Extensions to DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) for Failure ReportingM. Kucherawy | Proposed Standard | June 2012 |
| 6652 | Sender Policy Framework (SPF) Authentication Failure Reporting Using the Abuse Reporting FormatS. Kitterman | Proposed Standard | June 2012 |
| 6713 | The 'application/zlib' and 'application/gzip' Media TypesJ. Levine | Informational | August 2012 |
| 7001 | Message Header Field for Indicating Message Authentication StatusM. Kucherawy · obsoleted by RFC 7601 | Proposed Standard | September 2013 |
| 7208 | Sender Policy Framework (SPF) for Authorizing Use of Domains in Email, Version 1S. Kitterman | Proposed Standard | April 2014 |