Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-asid-mime-direct-02.txt

[Paul Rarey <Paul.Rarey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert...,

On Aug 28,  7:40, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> Subject: RE: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-asid-mime-direct-02.txt
>At 01:05 PM 8/26/96, Frank Dawson wrote:
>>
>>The other concern is that MIME content types are now being used outside of a 
>>MIME email transport environment. This is great! However, it also places 
>>additional design considerations on our work. All problems are not just solved 
>>by a "hammer" or in this case an email solution domain.

Nathaniel B... has often remarked that casting MIME with "Mail" in its title 
(the second "M") would, in many eyes & minds, limit the possibilities of its 
use. Seems we see one such minds eye....

>Excuse me for only joining this list now.
>
>I have seen content types in HTTP as well, particularly if you use the
>file-upload feature.  So what's the deal?

The file upload facility is where Content-Type:'s are exposed to the human eye. 
HTTP uses MIME to describe data types for all transfers. We've all heard of 
text/html & image/gif Content-Type:'s before...:-)

Cheers!
[ psr ]