On Fri, May 29, 1998 at 11:58:52AM -0400, Mark Kosters wrote:
- Why can't they tag their email in a machine-readable manner? Tacking on a single -reliable- header (X-InterNIC-Data: or some such) which contains machine-parsable information about the message would be a godsend for people trying to build tracking schemes like this.
I personally think that this header thing is a good idea. But, NSI mgmt needs to hear it from you. If you think there is a real need for this or any other ideas, please contact the head of customer programs - Chuck Gomes (chuckg@Internic.net).
I'm thinking maybe machine readbale bodies, using, I dunno... XML tagging with a standardized, but extensible, DTD; you know, kinda like MIME? :-) This is, after all, fundamentally EDI type stuff. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth jra@baylink.com Member of the Technical Staff Unsolicited Commercial Emailers Sued The Suncoast Freenet "Two words: Darth Doogie." -- Jason Colby, Tampa Bay, Florida on alt.fan.heinlein +1 813 790 7592 Managing Editor, Top Of The Key sports e-zine ------------ http://www.totk.com