I'm not entirely sure what your suggestion is. How is that different from
using import-email?
Thanks.
Brett.
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Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 3:09 AM
Subject: [REBOL] standard message object
> I have some thoughts about creating a standard message
> object! and I would like to hear your input.
>
> Across the Internet, whether it be in e-mail, newsgroups,
> bulletin board systems, or Web pages, the most
> common form of communication is the message.
> Messages have common values, illustrated as follows:
>
> EMAIL
> -----
> From:
> Subject:
> Content:
>
> NEWS
> ----
> From:
> Subject:
> Content:
>
> BULLETIN BOARD
> --------------
> Author:
> Subject:
> Comment:
>
> NEWS STORY
> ----------
> Byline:
> Headline:
> Body:
>
> ...and I'm sure there are more comparisons I cannot think
> of at the moment.
>
> Because of these similarities, I suggest that a standard
> message object! be developed so that information can
> easily be exchanged between mediums.
>
> Furthermore, functions should be developed for converting
> messages from the e-mail, news, etc., formats into the
> standard message object! and vice-versa.
>
> But what values should be included in the message
> object! ?
>
> A news posting, for example, may include the following
> headers...
>
> From
> Subject
> Date
> Newsgroups
> Path
> In-Reply-To
> Message-ID
> References
> MIME-Version
> Content-Type
> Lines
> NNTP-Posting-Host
> X-Trace
> NNTP-Posting-Date
> Organization
> Xref
> Followup-To
> Content-Transfer-Encoding
> X-Complaints-To
> X-Mailer
> X-Accept-Language
> Reply-To
> X-Newsreader
> X-Priority
> X-MSMail-Priority
> X-MimeOLE
> User-Agent
> X-Abuse-to
> X-Comments
> X-Anon
> X-Mail-To-News-Contact
> X-Mimeole
> X-Sender
> X-Server-Date
> X-MIMEOLE
> X-Abuse-Info
> X-Anon-1
> X-Anon-2
> X-No-Archive
> Sender
>
>
> While an e-mail message may include the following
> headers...
>
> Received
> Return-path
> To
> From
> Reply-To
> Date
> Subject
> Organization
> Message-Id
> X-REBOL
> MIME-Version
> Content-Type
> Precedence
> X-MindSpring-Loop
> Content-transfer-encoding
> Priority
> In-reply-to
> References
> X-mailer
> X-SELMA
> X-PMFLAGS
>
>
> Bulletin Board messages and News Articles have their
> own formats, as well. Is there a standard message
> object! that could be developed and re-used?
>
> For example...
>
> make object! [
> Author:
> Date:
> Subject:
> Body:
> Message-ID:
> MIME-Version:
> Content-Type:
> Origin:
> ]
>
> Are more values than the above needed for a standard
> message object?
>
> -Ryan
>
