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Protocol Action: The mailto URL scheme to Proposed Standard


From: The IESG
Subject: Protocol Action: The mailto URL scheme to Proposed Standard
Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 16:46:08 -0400


The IESG has approved the Internet-Draft 'The mailto URL scheme'
<draft-hoffman-mailto-url-06.txt> as a Proposed Standard.  This
document is not the product of an IETF Working Group.

The IESG contact persons are Harald Alvestrand and Keith Moore.
 
 
Technical Summary
 
 The URL scheme described in this document enhances the well known
 "mailto:"; scheme with the ability to set other message headers, such
 as the subject, the body or additional recipient fields.
 It does not offer variable substitution, requests for signed mail
 or complex message generation; these limitations are documented and
 thought reasonable.

Working Group Summary

 The document is not a WG product, but has been discussed within
 IETF WGs and on IETF-related mailing lists.
 There was discussion about the use of mailto: as an identifier for
 a mailbox vs the use of mailto: as message generating instructions;
 the consensus seemed to be that given that it could not be both, it
 was better to view it as message generating instructions.

Protocol Quality

 The spec was reviewed for the IESG by Harald Alvestrand.
 The major browsers implement this scheme with varying degrees of
 conformance to the draft; its standardization is timely.

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