Re: A Very Minor Proposed Addition

> Excerpts from mail: 2-Jan-92 Re: A Very Minor Proposed A.. Ned
> Freed(_at_)HMCVAX(_dot_)CLAREMO (929)


> Since by
> definition such a reference cannot leave the local system, and MIME
> restrictions on nonstandard additions don't apply locally (as long as they're
> eliminated before a message passes out of the local system) I didn't see any
> harm in doing this.
>

Yeah, basically you're
right, but my case is one that will escape to the outside, because of lack of
gateways:

Content-type: mutlipart/alternative; boundary=foobar


--foobar
Content-type: message/external-body; access-type="ftp";
etc, etc.

--foobar
Content-type: message/external-body;
access-type="local-file"; etc, etc...

--foobar--

In this case,
everything should work right even if it escapes the local area, but it would
be nice if "local-file" were defined, particularly if the "site" parameter
describes the area of locality... -- NB