Re: Last Call: 'The APPLICATION/MBOX Media-Type' to Proposed Standard

[Tony Hansen <tony@xxxxxxx>]

The information about the mbox format being anecdotally defined is 
incorrect. The mbox format has traditionally been documented in the 
binmail(1) or mail.local(8) man pages (BSD UNIX derivatives) or mail(1) 
man page (UNIX System 3/5/III/V derivatives). There have been several 
variants of the mbox format in use by those different systems. The most 
complete description of an mbox format can be seen in the man page from 
any UNIX System Vr4 derived system, such as Solaris.

The description found in http://qmail.org./man/man5/mbox.html, referred 
to at the end of Appendix A, does cover these variations fairly 
succinctly. However Appendix A doesn't cover the variations properly.

	Tony Hansen
	tony@xxxxxxx

The IESG wrote:

> The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to
> consider the following document:
>
> - 'The APPLICATION/MBOX Media-Type '
>   <draft-hall-mime-app-mbox-02.txt> as a Proposed Standard
>
> The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits
> final comments on this action. Please send any comments to the 
> iesg@xxxxxxxx or ietf@xxxxxxxx mailing lists by 2004-09-06.
>
> The file can be obtained via
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-hall-mime-app-mbox-02.txt


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