Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 06:24:57 -0500 (EST) From: Nathaniel Borenstein <nsb@nsb.fv.com> Excerpts from mail: 12-Feb-95 Re: MIME based remailing co.. Rick Busdiecker@lehman.c (1544) > Well, I have no idea why you think that MIME is an "atrocity" or > "slime", but it is perfectly clear that you have no idea what it > actually *is*, since "X-" headers have nothing whatsoever to do with > MIME. The "X-" headers are defined by RFC 822, which has been the > standard for Internet mail formats since 1982. > You base a large conclusion on a small piece of data in combination > with some poor duduction. Unless you are claiming that MIME violates > RFC 822 with respect to the handling of X- headers you have made a > number of false claims in the paragraph above. A very interesting claim. Care to tell me what my "false claims" are, or is it a secret? One is your claim that ``"X-" headers have nothing whatsoever to do with MIME.'' This was in response to my suggestion that such headers were MIME-compliant. As I said previously, unless you are claiming that MIME violates the RFC which you referenced, then these headers are MIME compliant, as I suggested, rather than completely seperated from MIME as you have suggested. The other is that I ``have no idea what [MIME] is''. I may not know as much as I should, by your judgement, however your claim is still incorrect -- presumably you were more interested in being inflammatory than accurate. Not completely out of place here . . . . Really, there was nothing very secretive about my previous or current presentation of the problems with your claims. For example, you might note that the first one that I list is simply a rewording of the message to which you most recently replied. What was it that was unclear the first time? Or *are* you suggesting the MIME violates RFC 822? Or perhaps I'm just missing something subtle in your reasoning. If so, could you elaborate? Rick