On Tue, 1 Aug 00 10:15:58, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Howard Schwartz) wrote:
>> 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]
Yes, this is the type of header that is used by Barebones and SMTPOP.EXE,
and it must be prepended to the type of headers that DOS users are
accustomed to. I didn't know that this kind of header is referred to as
a "Unix mailbox style". Most DOS users are not used to it.
Prepending one type of header on top of another is analogous to
"gluing", IMHO.
> 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.
Thanks a lot for the info, Howard. I'll try GLUE.EXE. I don't want to
try Pegasus Mail for DOS. I've looked at Pegasus, and it seems unfriendly
to me. If you like it, well, that's your problem. No flame war please.
All the best,
Sam Heywood
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