Re: correct email formatting

On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Justin French wrote: > hi, > > i know we recently discussed correct (or was it common) email headers, > well, now i'd like to know if there is any documentation on email itself. > > i'm developing a proggy that does auto-replies, or forwards one message > to a heap of people, and other stuff for a client, and i'd like to know > the specs on email formatting, so that i can figure out the best way to > split an email in to headers, plain text message, html message, blah > blah blah. > > OR > > does anyone know of a library of scripts that does some of this for us? > > > Justin French > Creative Director > indent.com.au Have you had a look at RFC822? It's pretty much the 'bible'. Nearest copy to you might be at http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ietf/rfc/rfc822.txt I think there's an RFC that covers MIME, but can't find the ref just now. -- David Robley | WEBMASTER & Mail List Admin RESEARCH CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES | http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/ AusEinet | http://auseinet.flinders.edu.au/ Flinders University, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA