From 4bfd864f10b68b71482b35c818559068ef8d5797 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Voss Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 20:54:24 +0100 Subject: doc: Add RFC documents --- doc/rfc/rfc498.txt | 171 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 171 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/rfc/rfc498.txt (limited to 'doc/rfc/rfc498.txt') diff --git a/doc/rfc/rfc498.txt b/doc/rfc/rfc498.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0aa68e3 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rfc/rfc498.txt @@ -0,0 +1,171 @@ + + + + + + +NETWORK WORKING GROUP ROBERT T. BRADEN +RFC #498 UCLA/CCN +NIC #15715 APRIL 17, 1973 + + + ON MAIL SERVICE TO CCN + + + Most of the recent documents on mail protocols have discussed the +facilities desired at "post-office" hosts, i.e. those which provide +store-and-forward services. CCN has no plans to provide post-office +services; we expect to receive mail only for the staff of CCN. Our +greatest concern is to get messages reliably to and from our +administrative and user support people who don't habitually use on-line +terminals, so we are printing out all mail and distributing it by +courier/secretary. + + Let me say a friendly word for SNDMSG. This Tenex command, which +uses the FTP MAIL command to deliver messages, is very simple but +extremely useful--probably because it is so simple. Furthermore, it is +one of the well-kept secrets of the Network that SNDMSG can be used to +send messages to any host which supports the MAIL command (without +requiring logon to FTP). Thus, to send a message to anyone at CCN, the +recommended procedure is to do SNDMSG to "name@CCN". This connects to +CCN's FTP and sends a "MAIL name" command followed by the message. We +now accept any "name" and print an immediate upper-case copy which is +distributed to the recipient's office. So, if you SNDMSG to +"BRADEN@CCN", your message will end up on my desk, usually within a few +hours. Other useful SNDMSG destination at CCN are: + + WBK@CCN or KEHL@CCN (the Director) + + RIB@CCN or BELL@CCN (Supervisor Of User Relations) + + BBN@CCN or NOBLE@CCN (Barbara Noble, User Consultant) + +This fine service is brought to you by your friendly neighborhood Tenex. + + On the other hand, the Tenex READMAIL command is a little too +simple. After giving you a message, it should ask you whether you want +to delete, keep, forward, and/or repeat the message. + + Dave Crocker of NMC has suggested an extension to the MAIL and MLFL +(Mail File) commands in CCN's FTP to allow CCN to serve as a mail +delivery station for NMC as well as CCN. This extension is intended to +be a trivial subset of the full-blown mail protocol which is currently +being developed by Jim White et al. It is a simple means to allow CCN's +high-speed printers to be used conveniently for receiving and + + + +BRADEN [Page 1] + +RFC 498 ON MAIL SERVICE TO CCN April 1973 + + +disseminating Network documentation as well as messages. It is based +upon extensions of the pathname/user name fields in the MLFL/MAIL +commands, respectively. The proposed syntax is as follows: + + __ __ + | | + | ;D[DOCUMENT] | + | ;M[MESSAGE] | + | ;C[COPIES]= | + | ;BIN= | + |__ __| + +The semantics would be: + + (1) will normally be a valid TSO userid; this will be used + to determine a charge number to account for the + printing. If is _not_ recognized, the rest of + the parameters will be ignored, but the mail will + still be accepted. The result will be to print one + copy immediately in upper case and send it to Bin + 9906, charging it to an overhead account. + + (2) MESSAGE means print a copy immediately using the normal + upper-case-only train. This is the default. + + (3) DOCUMENT means enqueue the text for overnight printing with an + upper/lower case print train. A message indicating + receipt (and perhaps the first block) will also be + printed immediately in upper case and distributed. + + (4) COPIES makes multiple copies. [This facility will not be + available immediately]. + + (5) BIN specifies CCN bin to receive output. Default will be + 9906 (ARPA mail bin). + + Each incoming message will be time-and-date-stamped. The time/date +will appear on the first page of the message (on a separate page in the +case of upper/lowercase), in the 256 acknowledgment message from FTP, +and on our system log file. This time/date stamp may be useful for +users to keep tabs on their documents, and to allow us to track down +missing messages. The semicolon and equal sign delimiters of this syntax +are acceptable in the "user" parameter to SNDMSG. + + This extended MAIL syntax will be implemented by June 1. + +RTB/gjm + + + + +BRADEN [Page 2] + +RFC 498 ON MAIL SERVICE TO CCN April 1973 + + + [ This RFC was put into machine readable form for entry ] + [ into the online RFC archives by Alex McKenzie with ] + [ support from GTE, formerly BBN Corp. 9/99 ] + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +BRADEN [Page 3] + -- cgit v1.2.3