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From: jxr@THUMPER.BELLCORE.COM (Jonathan Rosenberg)
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Subject: Re: Multiple Binary Attachments And RFC-822 Mail
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Date: 28 Mar 91 01:54:22 GMT
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> Have there been any attempts to define a standard for the transmission
> of multiple binary files inside of an RFC-822 envelope?  Is there 
> anything about RFC-822 that makes this impossible?  It seems to me that
> this capability is going to become very important to companies who
> want to make use of cheap TCP/IP internets and SMTP as the backbone
> for their email networks.

This is part of a long & heated discussion that's been going on on the
ietf-smtp list.  If you send mail to

	ietf-smtp-request@dimacs.rutgers.edu

you can (try to) follow the discussion.

> Thanks,
> Will Estes        Internet: Will@cup.portal.com

JR