RFC 469 (rfc469) - Page 2 of 10
Network mail meeting summary
Alternative Format: Original Text Document
NIC 14798 MDK 8-MAR-73 17:24 14798
AUTHOR
This field denotes the author of the mail. There may be
multiple authors
TITLE
The "title" (i.e. subject) of the mail is to be terminated by
period carriage return.
ACKNOWLEDEGMENT success / failure (time out) / normal
For use by the intermediate host, probably the NIC in most
cases, to tell the sender what happened to his attempt to send
mail. (Note: "normal" wasn't defined.)
RECORDED jnumber / null
Note: "jnumber" is the pre-assigned accession number (NIC
number), to be used when known.
The "RECORDED" subcommand provides for the option of having the
mail recorded. Information given with this subcommand would be
recognized at the NIC. Options are:
to be recorded (in NIC journal) only,
to be recorded and distributed,
to be distributed only.
This field would also be used to inform the recipient that the
mail has been recorded.
(In retrospect, it may be preferable to have a separate
command to inform the recipient of this fact, but no
decision on this was made at the 23-Feb-73 meeting.)
TYPE long / urgent / ordinary
This allows the recipient site to take whatever action it
thinks appropriate in storing the mail.
TEXT / FILE / CITATION
TEXT
This field is for the text of the mail message.