From: Richard Coleman <coleman@math.gatech.edu>
Subject: Re: Mule-begot problems
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 1998 00:14:03 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <199801070514.AAA06118@redwood.math.gatech.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "06 Jan 1998 23:02:05 EST." <x7zpl93paa.fsf@peorth.gweep.net>
> RA> I don't believe the standard actually distinguishes between the local
> RA> delivery agent and the client; as soon as the mail is no longer being
> RA> transmitted via SMTP, I believe the standard is no longer relevant.
>
> Not as far as RFC 822 and its extensions are concerned. These are not SMTP
> standards but the standards that define what is valid in an Internet mail
> message, and they all say, "7-bit ASCII data".
>
This is incorrect. Checking RFC-822
Some message systems may store messages in formats that
differ from the one specified in this standard. This specifica-
tion is intended strictly as a definition of what message content
format is to be passed BETWEEN hosts.
Now mail clients may choose to store messages in a RFC-822 compliant
way, but is a design decision of the client. There isn't any RFC
which specifies a standard format for storing messages locally.
It someone creates an 8-bit clean environment, Mule shouldn't break
this.
--
Richard Coleman
coleman@math.gatech.edu
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-01-06 20:12 Fabrice.Popineau
[not found] ` <x7d8i55pen.fsf@peorth.gweep.net>
1998-01-06 23:36 ` Jason L Tibbitts III
[not found] ` <x7d8i5tber.fsf@peorth.gweep.net>
1998-01-07 2:07 ` Russ Allbery
[not found] ` <x7zpl93paa.fsf@peorth.gweep.net>
1998-01-07 4:12 ` Russ Allbery
1998-01-07 5:14 ` Richard Coleman [this message]
1998-01-07 7:56 ` Steinar Bang
1998-01-07 11:03 ` Kai Grossjohann
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1998-01-06 10:32 Jon Babcock
1998-01-06 13:28 ` Tore Olsen
1998-01-06 18:26 ` Jon Babcock
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