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From: philf@xymox.metaphor.com (Phil Fernandez)
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Subject: Re: Multiple Binary Attachments And RFC-822 Mail
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Date: 28 Mar 91 05:51:07 GMT
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In article <40567@cup.portal.com> Will@cup.portal.com (Will E Estes) writes:
>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.

At Metaphor we have done a fair amount of thought-work on this issue,
and have built an effective working prototype for the transmission of
multiple binary attachments in an RFC-822 message transmitted via
SMTP.

I'd be very interested in discussing approaches and possible
standardization with others.

pmf


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