Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (MU) 9/23/84; site basser.oz Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!munnari!basser!bob From: bob@basser.oz (Bob Kummerfeld) Newsgroups: net.mail.headers Subject: Re: proposed Mail Transfer Protocol Message-ID: <439@basser.oz> Date: Sun, 22-Sep-85 21:48:17 EDT Article-I.D.: basser.439 Posted: Sun Sep 22 21:48:17 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 25-Sep-85 10:06:59 EDT References: <1587@brl-tgr.ARPA> Reply-To: bob@basser.oz Organization: Dept. of Comp. Science, Univ. of Sydney, Australia Lines: 27 In article <1587@brl-tgr.ARPA> Crispin@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA (Mark Crispin) writes: > Folks - > > I propose the formation of a committee to specify and design > an Internet Mail Transfer Protocol to extend and ultimately > replace SMTP/RFC822. I suggest that the various mail system > implementors form a committee to meet at Stanford or ISI and > subsequently carry on the discussion via netmail. > > ......... > > The MTP will have two goals: > . expanded and completely machine-readable envelope > . support for multi-media mail > > What I wish to do with the envelope is to completely > eliminate the RFC822 header and have all information which was > previously transmitted in the header appear in the envelope that > is transmitted via MTP commands. This data will be completely > machine-readable (esthetics as to what constitutes a "pretty > header" will NOT be considered). Compatibility with CCITT and > other mail transmission standards will be a strong consideration. > Why not adopt X.400? Bob.