From: Juergen Helbing (infstar@infostar.de)
Date: Mon Oct 18 1999 - 03:28:45 CDT
On Sat, 16 Oct 1999 17:47:36 +0100, you wrote:
>I propose the following be added to the to 7.1.2(b):
>
> "For SMTP email systems articles MUST be forwarded (without any
> encapsulation) as SMTP messages. Article headers become mail
> headers. If the EMAIL system is not SMTP then the article SHOULD be
> reformatted in accordance with any rules defined for gateways
> between SMTP and the email system in question."
I support this. It is necessary to have such a chapter in the standard. Actually
it is nearly impossible for software to determine what is header and what is
message in a few messages.
Most gateways do it right - just one or two mix it up.
Such a rule could make sure that new developments do it right.
-- Juergen, [The Archiver] ------------------------------- Programmer and Binary moderator