Re: MIME implementation documentation

Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no Mon, 19 August 1996 07:17 UTC

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Subject: Re: MIME implementation documentation
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I would say that Z'mail's scheme:

> Z-Mail does provide for display of nested body parts, but it does so 
> by invoking metamail for the second nesting level and beyond.

is an example of NOT implementing nested body parts; it certainly doesn't
count as an independent implementation.
I've listed Metamail, with some trepidation.

Thanks for the information - MediaMail seems to be interesting!

                Harald A