# Re: Mailserver URL proposal

Stephen R. van den Berg (berg@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de)
Tue, 26 Jul 1994 16:09:48 +0200

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    From: berg@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Stephen R. van den Berg)

    Date: Tue, 26 Jul 1994 16:09:48 +0200

    In-Reply-To: Dirk Herr-Hoyman's message as of 1994 Jul 26 Tue  9:24.

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    To: Dirk Herr-Hoyman <hoymand@gate.net>

    Subject: Re: Mailserver URL proposal

Dirk Herr-Hoyman <hoymand@gate.net> wrote:

>> Marc VanHeyningen <mvanheyn@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:

Well, not quite. *I* wrote it actually. But that's beside the point.

>> 2. The mailto: URL already allows for arbitray headers to be defined.
>> What about implementing the "mailserver" URL like this:

>> <FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="mailto:berg@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de">
>> <MH HIDDEN>Subject: WWW Questionaire</MH>
>> <MB HIDDEN>
>> This will be in the body
>> of the mail
>> </MB>
>> <P ALIGN=CENTER><INPUT TYPE=submit>
>> </FORM>

>Not quite Mark.

No need to blame Mark :-).

> Peter D's comments on this matter are
>exactly my own.

I'm afraid I missed Peter D's comments on this matter (I joined the
list fairly recently).

> This is html+, which is specific to the 2nd generation
>WWW clients. This works fine in that context. But, we are designing a
>general standard here, not WWW.

Excuse my ignorance. I guess it all depends on whether you want this
URL to be useable outside the context of HTML (2.0) or not. I presume you
are aiming for the former. One question remains though, will it be
used (a lot) outside the context of HTML? Since in HTML, people will
most likely prefer the syntax similar to what my example described.

    --
    Sincerely,                                  berg@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de
               Stephen R. van den Berg (AKA BuGless).

    "My name is Smith, the P is not pronounced."

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