{"id":7513,"date":"2015-06-22T15:45:59","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T15:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/applicability-statement-1\/"},"modified":"2015-06-22T15:45:59","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T15:45:59","slug":"applicability-statement-1","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/14663\/applicability-statement-1-as1","title":{"rendered":"Applicability Statement 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_applicability_statement_1_mean\">What Does Applicability Statement 1 Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Applicability Statement 1 (AS1) is a standard based on Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S\/MIME) that provides consistency for email communications between businesses. 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