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Article #113Re: Using MIME without extra mail headers
From: Alasdair Grant
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 19:36
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 19:36
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In article <wBk7wB2w165w@blues.kk.sub.org> kosta@blues.kk.sub.org (Kosta Kostis) writes:
>What's your problem changing header lines? Maybe we can help you to
>do this somehow.
My problem is
(a) that half the time my mail domain is neither RFC 822 nor X.400,
and does not allow arbitrary header fields;
(b) that I seem to be unique in thinking that MIME could be a general
solution for all kinds of file structuring applications, such as
those currently handled by ODA, SGML and various ad hoc encodings,
or by context, or by making guesses based on file content or file
name, in applications where the concept of "headers" is not present.
For example I see no reason why program source code should not use
the MIME tagging mechanism to indicate which language it is in, and
cause the appropriate compiler to be invoked on its content.
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Newsgroups: comp.mail.mime Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!pipex!warwick!pavo.csi.cam.ac.uk!ag129 From: ag129@cus.cam.ac.uk (Alasdair Grant) Subject: Re: Using MIME without extra mail headers Message-ID: <1993Jan11.193641.9381@infodev.cam.ac.uk> Sender: news@infodev.cam.ac.uk (USENET news) Nntp-Posting-Host: bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk Organization: U of Cambridge, England References: <1993Jan7.191810.1857@infodev.cam.ac.uk> <wBk7wB2w165w@blues.kk.sub.org> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 19:36:41 GMT Lines: 15