# Re: Mailserver URL proposal

Larry Masinter (masinter@parc.xerox.com)
Thu, 21 Jul 1994 15:37:44 PDT

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    To: hoymand@gate.net

    In-Reply-To: hoymand@gate.net's message of Thu, 21 Jul 1994 00:36:36 -0700 <94Jul21.003654pdt.2762@golden.parc.xerox.com>

    Subject: Re: Mailserver URL proposal

    From: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>

    Message-Id: <94Jul21.153755pdt.2760@golden.parc.xerox.com>

    Date: 	Thu, 21 Jul 1994 15:37:44 PDT

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'?

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