steve@CS.UCL.AC.UK (Steve Kille) (11/26/88)
Hi - lets try to comment on this >From: NANCY GREENE <greene@ch.epfl.elde2> >To: steve@uk.ac.ucl.cs >Subject: RFC987 clarification >Date: Fri, 18 Nov 88 12:09:16 N >Dear Steve, > >At the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne), we are implementing >an RFC987 gateway. We have come across a couple of questions on the >handling of autoforwarded messages, and I would like to take the liberty >of asking your opinion. > >Page 55 of RFC987 describes the mapping between P2.Heading.autoforwarded >and the RFC822 fields. It says that Autoforward- is to be prepended to >each RFC822 fieldname. I assume this means that something like the >following would be generated: > >Autoforwarded-From: greene@elde.epfl.ch <-- this part is from the >Autoforwarded-To: buclin@elma.epfl.ch P2.IPMessage Heading >Autoforwarded-Autoforwarded: TRUE >. >. >. >From: greene@elde.epfl.ch <-- this part is from >To: buclin@elde.epfl.ch the P2.ForwardedIPMessage > >My questions are: >1. Is the line "Autoforwarded-Autoforwarded: TRUE" correct? Correct, although a bit odd! > >2. What happens if the P2.ForwardedIPMessage also has P2.Heading.autoforwarded >set to TRUE? Would the RFC987 gateway generate the following?: > >Autoforwarded-Autoforwarded-From: ... >Autoforwarded-Autoforwarded-To: ... >Autoforwarded-Autoforwarded-Autoforwarede: TRUE >. >. >. >Autoforwarded-From: ... >Autoforwarded-To: ... >Autoforwarded-Autoforwarded: TRUE >. >. >. >From: ... >To: ... >Autoforwarded: FALSE Yup!! > >3. Does Autoforwarded- get prepended before P1-generated RFC822 field names >as well as P2-generated RFC822 fieldnames? > Yes >I hope this is clear. >Thanks for your time, > >Nancy Greene, >Assistant at the EPFL, Switzerland > >greene@elde.epfl.ch I'm glad to see that you are taking troupble to implement ALL of the spec! (Most implementations claiming 987 conformance omit a good deal). I'd be interested on any user feedback you get wrt this feature. Steve