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+Network Working Group S. Sluizer
+Request for Comments: 786 J. Postel
+ ISI
+ July 1981
+
+ MAIL TRANSFER PROTOCOL:
+ ISI TOPS20 MTP-NIMAIL INTERFACE
+
+
+INTRODUCTION
+
+ This document defines the ISI TOPS20s interface between the Mail
+ Transfer Protocol (MTP) and the Network Independent Mail Protocol
+ (NIMAIL) in terms of the files which implement it. The internal
+ structure and name of each file is described below.
+
+ For a complete understanding of the MTP protocol as well as the terms
+ used within this document, see RFC 780 "Mail Transfer Protocol", RFC
+ 784 "ISI TOPS20 Implementation", and RFC 785 "ISI TOPS20 File
+ Defintitions". The NIMAIL is documented in IEN 169, "A Simple
+ NIFTP-Based Mail System".
+
+DESCRIPTION
+
+ 1. NIMAIL to MTP
+
+ NIMAIL will present mail for processing by MTP using the files
+ specified in RFC 785.
+
+ 2. MTP to NIMAIL
+
+ MTP will present mail for processing by NIMAIL in files of the
+ following form:
+
+ address <CR><LF>
+ address <CR><LF>
+ address <CR><LF>
+ <CR><LF>
+ Via: USC-ISIE; date-time <CR><LF>
+ header
+ .
+ .
+ .
+ <CR><LF>
+ body
+ .
+ .
+ .
+
+ Where each address is of the form:
+
+
+
+
+Sluizer & Postel Page [1]
+
+
+
+July 1981 RFC 786
+ISI TOPS20 MTP-NIMAIL Interface
+
+
+
+ user%host%host%host@host
+
+ And each address in the same file has the same "@host" part.
+
+ The date-time will be in the default TOPS20 ODTIM format
+ "dd-mmm-yy hh:mm:ss" (24 hour time).
+
+ The files will named "arbitrary.NIMAIL.-1", where "arbitrary" will
+ be somesort of date-time encoding for human uses. The NIMAIL will
+ not care in the least what the "arbitrary" part is. These files
+ will be placed into the NIMAIL directory on ISIE.
+
+DISCUSSION
+
+ The NIMAIL and MTP will each perform a transformation of the address
+ information to create the appropriate input for the other system.
+
+ NIMAIL to MTP
+
+ The mail that arrives at NIMAIL with the information
+
+ joe%hostx%hosty%hostz@isie
+
+ will be presented to MTP with the information
+
+ FROM: <NIMAIL@ISIE>
+ TO: <@hostz,@hosty,joe@hostx>
+
+ MTP to NIMAIL
+
+ The mail that arrives at MTP with the information
+
+ FROM: <sam@SRI-NIC>
+ TO: <@ISIE,@hostz,@hosty,joe@hostx>
+
+ will be presented to NIMAIL with the information
+
+ joe%hostx%hosty@hostz
+
+ Via: ISIE
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Page [2] Sluizer & Postel
+