Re: HTTP POST Responses

[Carl Hage <chage@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, Diane Biegel wrote:

> We are talking about an HTTP POST from a batch browser to a web server
> running a CGI.  We have an "http envelope" from which a "http response"
> is created.  The "http envelope" contains encrypted X12 data.  The
> receiving server sends an "http response" with a timestamp, character
> count, status etc.

This is what I would have imagined an HTTP based exchange. I don't
really see the advantage of using the batch-browser->http server->
CGI gateway->EDI... It seems too complex to me. Also, you can't
compare a corporate ccMail gateway with a HTTP server. EDI email
should be on a separate machine, in most cases.

Given an appropriate configuration of the usual SMTP system, what
does HTTP buy?