> The glue header format used by SMTPOP.EXE is one of several "standard" ones
> specified in RFC822. The format is the same as the header format that
> is produced automagically by the Barebones DOS email system. SMTPOP.EXE
> will work just fine as a standalone program provided you write the header
> format correctly.
I dont know why they call it ``glue'' headers, since neither pegasus or
smtpop accepts one file with many messages. Anyway, this format essentially
adds (prepends) several lines to the standard Unix mailbox style headers,
most people are used to, lines like these:
$$ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
T [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In this regard, I recently discovered a handy tool called, ``glue.exe''
that will convert a message in Unix mailbox format to glue header format
(i.e., it will add the extra glue lines to the header). You can find
this program in the pmpop110.zip archive for the program, written by
David Harris, that smtpop was designed as a substitute for. This program
is not widely known, and it saves you the trouble of writing you own
script to convert mail to glue format. Pegasus mail, of course, will write
messages in glue format to begin with.
Howard Schwartz
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theo "at" ncal.verio.com
