RE: Little help on email using SNDDST or QtmmSendMail

[qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Tom Liotta)]

Scott:

For my own information, a question...

I referenced RFC1521 because it seemed a reasonable starting place. Is it 
obsoleted in the sense that the descriptions are no longer valid at all or that 
they have been enhanced, expanded, etc.?

I've only skimmed later RFCs once I realized how much 're-inventing the wheel' 
was involved. Obviously, to actually create an e-mail system that fully 
supports MIME, etc., requires attention to the details, including 'MAY', 
'SHOULD' and 'MUST' for example. But how much attention to detail is needed 
otherwise, beyond some terminology and overall concepts? Would RFC1521 be 
misleading in that case?

Tom Liotta


midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>   3. RE: Little help on email using SNDDST or QtmmSendMail
>      (Scott Klement)
>
>> I started a reply to discuss MIME, but it gets messy fast for me. I
>> can't think of any thing better than (1) read RFC 1521 a few times and
>> (2) download something that does it for you.
>
>I see that Tom recommends RFC1521... that's an obsolete document.
>Instead you should read RFCs 2045,2046,2047,2048 and 2049.
>
>http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2045.html
>http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2046.html
>http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2047.html
>http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2048.html
>http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2049.html

-- 
Tom Liotta
The PowerTech Group, Inc.
19426 68th Avenue South
Kent, WA 98032
Phone  253-872-7788 x313
Fax    253-872-7904
http://www.powertech.com


__________________________________________________________________
Switch to Netscape Internet Service.
As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register

Netscape. Just the Net You Need.

New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer
Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups.
Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp