[comp.sys.next] e-mail and NeXT file attachments

nishri@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Alex Nishri) (10/07/89)

When you use the NeXT email and attach files (as in voice files) it adds
rfc822-like headers, "Attachment: ...".  Does anyone know where the syntax of
these headers is documented?  Is the format of these headers being discussed for
a future rfc?  (I notice that rfc1049, which talks about a "content-type: ..."
header is the closest thing to the "Attachment: ...", but the former is really
about sending an entire message in some specific format.)

carlson@lance.tis.llnl.gov (John Carlson) (10/13/89)

In article <1989Oct6.173020.20157@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> nishri@gpu.utcs.UUCP (Alex Nishri) writes:
>When you use the NeXT email and attach files (as in voice files) it adds
>rfc822-like headers, "Attachment: ...".  Does anyone know where the syntax of
>these headers is documented?  Is the format of these headers being discussed for
>a future rfc?  (I notice that rfc1049, which talks about a "content-type: ..."
>header is the closest thing to the "Attachment: ...", but the former is really
>about sending an entire message in some specific format.)

It adds:

Next-Attachment: .tar.864.mailer_text.attach, 2738, 1/1, 3828, 0
                      ^^^                     ^^^^	 ^^^^  ^
		      process id???      body size	 HELP! HELP!
						    ^^^
				     for large messages, i assume???


I assume the proper place to documented is Mail Help 7.6.

carlson@lance.tis.llnl.gov (John Carlson) (10/13/89)

In article <530@ncis.tis.llnl.gov> carlson@lance.tis.llnl.gov (John Carlson) writes:
>Next-Attachment: .tar.864.mailer_text.attach, 2738, 1/1, 3828, 0
>                      ^^^                     ^^^^	 ^^^^  ^
>		      process id???      body size	 HELP! HELP!
		      ^^^^^^^^^				  ^^^^
			wrong!!				This is a multiple
							of 66 -- has something
							to do with the
							number of lines in
							the message.  I think.

John Carlson
carlson@tis.llnl.gov