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standard message object

 [1/2] from: rchristiansen::pop::isdfa::sei-it::com at: 18-Sep-2000 12:09


I have some thoughts about creating a standard message object! and I would like to hear your input. Across the Internet, whether it be in e-mail, newsgroups, bulletin board systems, or Web pages, the most common form of communication is the message. Messages have common values, illustrated as follows: EMAIL ----- From: Subject: Content: NEWS ---- From: Subject: Content: BULLETIN BOARD -------------- Author: Subject: Comment: NEWS STORY ---------- Byline: Headline: Body: ...and I'm sure there are more comparisons I cannot think of at the moment. Because of these similarities, I suggest that a standard message object! be developed so that information can easily be exchanged between mediums. Furthermore, functions should be developed for converting messages from the e-mail, news, etc., formats into the standard message object! and vice-versa. But what values should be included in the message object! ? A news posting, for example, may include the following headers... From Subject Date Newsgroups Path In-Reply-To Message-ID References MIME-Version Content-Type Lines NNTP-Posting-Host X-Trace NNTP-Posting-Date Organization Xref Followup-To Content-Transfer-Encoding X-Complaints-To X-Mailer X-Accept-Language Reply-To X-Newsreader X-Priority X-MSMail-Priority X-MimeOLE User-Agent X-Abuse-to X-Comments X-Anon X-Mail-To-News-Contact X-Mimeole X-Sender X-Server-Date X-MIMEOLE X-Abuse-Info X-Anon-1 X-Anon-2 X-No-Archive Sender While an e-mail message may include the following headers... Received Return-path To From Reply-To Date Subject Organization Message-Id X-REBOL MIME-Version Content-Type Precedence X-MindSpring-Loop Content-transfer-encoding Priority In-reply-to References X-mailer X-SELMA X-PMFLAGS Bulletin Board messages and News Articles have their own formats, as well. Is there a standard message object! that could be developed and re-used? For example... make object! [ Author: Date: Subject: Body: Message-ID: MIME-Version: Content-Type: Origin: ] Are more values than the above needed for a standard message object? -Ryan

 [2/2] from: brett:codeconscious at: 19-Sep-2000 12:40


I'm not entirely sure what your suggestion is. How is that different from using import-email? Thanks. Brett.