# Re: Mailserver URL proposal

Paul Rarey (Paul.Rarey@systems.dhl.com)
Fri, 22 Jul 94 06:10:11 -0700

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    Message-Id: <9407221310.AA06398@viper.ssf-sys.DHL.COM>

    Date: Fri, 22 Jul 94 06:10:11 -0700

    To: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>, hoymand@gate.net

    From: Paul Rarey <Paul.Rarey@systems.dhl.com>

    Subject: Re: Mailserver URL proposal

Why does it sound like this is attempting to be a universal scripting
language? Is there some focus to this adds value to over existing scripting
languages?

At 03:37 PM 7/21/94 PDT, Larry Masinter wrote:
>a) Is it vaguely possible to extend 'mailto:' to cover both its
>current interpretation and also the mailserver case?
>
>I'm actually not at all certain that the mailserver case should follow
>the generic 'login' syntax; the host names in mail addresses are MX
>hostnames, not A records, and the rules about connectivity and proxy
>and etc. are all different.
>
>Why not just have:
> mailto:president@whitehouse.gov
>mean:
> send mail to president@whitehouse.gov
>
>while:
>
mailto:president@whitehouse.gov/dear%20bill/Greetings%20from%20a%20web%20user.
>
>means:
> send mail to president@whitehouse.gov, with subject filled out
> as "dear bill", and the body filled out as "greetings from a web
> user".
>
>
>b) Is it vaguely possible to extend 'telnet:' URLs to cover some
>initial material to send to the telnet connection?
>
> telnet://lambda.parc.xerox.com:8888/connect%20guest
>
>means 'telnet to lambda.parc.xerox.com port 888 and type 'connect
>guest'?
>

Cheers!

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