Mastering Intranet and Internet Technology

Second Use of the Net

Mail as a Publishing Medium

Attachment Size Limitations

Sending Binary Files

File Encoding Methods

• UUENCODE
• MIME
• BinHex

MIME - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

RFC 1521

SMTP - Simple Mail Transport Protocol

Email Documentation

• RFC 821 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
• RFC 1341 MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions): Mechanisms for Specifying and Describing the Format of Internet Message Bodies
• RFC 1521 Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions - Part 1
• RFC 1522 Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions - Part 2

Setting Up an Email Server

• Basic Requirements
• Network Configuration
• Operations
• Mail Boxes
• Address Lists
• Disclaimers

Evaluate Email as a Publishing Medium

• Features
• Pros
• Cons
• Popularity
• Usefulness

	Web Author: Geoff May	Last Update: 21/04/99
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