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Date:	Fri, 30 Apr 1999 17:53:47 PST8PDT
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: [Fwd: email header structures]

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Dallas Legan wrote:
>
> Anybody out there particularly knowledgable on the subject of
> MIME, email headers, attached files and SMTP?

From last week's comp.os.os2.programmer.misc postings ...

- Peter Skye

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From: lucier@bossie.cow-net.com (Lawrence Lucier)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer.misc
Subject: email header structures
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 06:01:02 GMT
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Howdy all......::-)

Looking for examples or references to information on email header structures. I
wish to learn how to go about extracting/parsing the information from the
various email header fields.

Any information on the above subject would be much appreciated......thanks! :-)

Email responders please remove the word "bossie" from my email address.

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From: isj@dont_forget_to_remove_this.image.dk (Ivan Skytte Joergensen)
Subject: Re: email header structures
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In message <19990421195448.317@bossie.cow-net.com> - lucier@bossie.cow-net.com
(Lawrence Lucier) writes:
>
>Looking for examples or references to information on email header structures. I
>wish to learn how to go about extracting/parsing the information from the
>various email header fields.
>
>Any information on the above subject would be much appreciated......thanks! :-)

For e-mail see RFC822.
For news see RFC977 and RFC1036.

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From: mads@troest.NEVERMORE.dk (Mads Orbesen Troest)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer.misc
Subject: Re: email header structures
Date: 22 Apr 1999 19:51:35 GMT
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On Thu, 22 Apr 1999 06:01:02, lucier@bossie.cow-net.com (Lawrence
Lucier) wrote:

Hi,

> Looking for examples or references to information on email header structures.

Take a look at RFC 822 which specifies the message format and RFC 821
the SMTP protocol; these should contain all the information you need.

These were the incoherent ramblings of ...
... /\/\\ads Orbesen Troest

(Please remove NEVERMORE from address when replying via email...)

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer.misc
From: "Rolf Lochbhler"
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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 22:29:26 -0400 (EDT)
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On 22 Apr 1999 19:51:35 GMT, Mads Orbesen Troest wrote:

>On Thu, 22 Apr 1999 06:01:02, lucier@bossie.cow-net.com (Lawrence
>Lucier) wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>> Looking for examples or references to information on email header str=
uctures.
>
>Take a look at RFC 822 which specifies the message format and RFC 821
>the SMTP protocol; these should contain all the information you need.
>

RFC 822 and 821 are a bit old, though. Check
http://www.rfc-editor.org/ for more recent documents. Some details
may have changed.

MIME (i.e. the email format) for example is defined in RFC
2045..2049.

rl

--
Rolf Lochb=FChler, Vermont, USA
http://homepages.together.net/~rolf

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