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From: rdthomps@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Robert D. Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: standard mail file format
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Date: 18 Dec 90 00:40:49 GMT
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In article <905@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz> mallsop@sunc.mqcc.mq.oz.au (Mark Allsop) writes:
>
>It seems there are a multitude of mail file formats floating around the world.
>Might I make a humble suggestion:- why not make a standard mail file format?
>On UNIX, there is standard format which all mailers use.  Could we, as a pretty
>large group of Novell programmers, administrators and users perhaps stick to
>one mail format?  Then if we use different mail utilities, they will all still
>work.  I'm sure any extras like encryption could be added on top.  With more and
>more mail packages being developed and Novell and other MSDOS networks becoming
>more popular, it would make life easier for all of us.
>My suggestion is to stick to the internet format 'cause we're now starting to
>see internet mail being dropped onto the MSDOS networks.
>
>Comments, suggestions....
>
>Cheers,
>+Mark
>
> Mark Allsop                                              Computer Scientist 
> email: mallsop@suna.mqcc.mq.oz.au                The Statistical Laboratory 
> Phone: At MacUni: (61 2) 805-8592  / \      Macquarie University, Australia 
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> Mark Allsop                                              Computer Scientist 
> email: mallsop@suna.mqcc.mq.oz.au                The Statistical Laboratory 
> Phone: At MacUni: (61 2) 805-8592  / \      Macquarie University, Australia 
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	i second this.