RE: HTTP POST Responses

[Gary Koepnick <gary@xxxxxx>]

>> 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.

Now I know why some people are having problems with smtp, they are using 
ccmail.


Regards,

Gary S. Koepnick
Gkoepnick@xxxxxx

Loren Data Corp.
http://www.ld.com