RFC 10080 Makes the Expires Header a Standard for Email
RFC 10080 lets any sender mark when an email stops being valid, and lets mailbox providers hide or de-emphasize expired mail. Here is what the new standard allows, what it forbids and how to use it.
- Document: RFC 10080, Proposed Standard (IETF Standards Track), October 2026
- Updates: RFC 4021, which had registered Expires as "not for general use"
- Header: Expires: followed by an RFC 5322 date-time