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Article #3845Ignorance to MIME's intent
From: Kyle Tucker
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:26
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:26
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Firstly, I have not read the RFC (I intend to), I just need a quick yes/no. I am testing mail packages for future use. I am playing presently with Pine for dumb terminals and Zmail for X. Perhaps I am missing something, but isn't MIME compliancy supposed to enable me to att/de tach files of certain types between dissimilar mailers? It appears attaching a executable binary can only be detached in it's original executable form by the same mailer that sent it. This appears to make these two mailers appear to be as incompatible as any other non-MIME mailers. Have my expectations of MIME's meaning been way overblown or am I missing something? - Thanks, Kyle - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Kyle Tucker - Email Administrator | Progress Software Corporation tucker@bedford.progress.com | 14 Oak Park (617)280-4565 | Bedford, Mass. 01730 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!ames!agate!linus!progress!bedford.progress.COM!tucker From: tucker@bedford.progress.COM (Kyle Tucker) Subject: Ignorance to MIME's intent Message-ID: <1993Jan22.202655.20532@progress.com> Sender: tucker@bahrain (Kyle Tucker) Nntp-Posting-Host: bahrain Reply-To: tucker@bedford.progress.COM Organization: Progress Software Corp. Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:26:55 GMT Lines: 16