Re: DIME and MIME couple of questions

Henrik Frystyk Nielsen <[email protected]> Thu, 18 Jul 2002 09:43:51 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.windows.devel.dime
Message-ID <79107D208BA38C45A4E45F62673A434D08514F68@red-msg-07.redmond.corp.microsoft.com>
>>If the intent is to send MIME leaf-types as attachments with some
>>primary doc, it seems it would be good to restrict to non-composite
>types...
>
>One of the nice features of DIME is its cleanliness and=20
>universality. I do
>not see any benefit in limiting the kind of types that can be=20
>encapsulated
>within a DIME message.

Yes, I agree with that.

>This issue may be relevant in another context - for example, if email
>programs start using DIME, then it would make sense to reach=20
>an agreement
>on the packaging form. Again, this is an issue at a different layer.

Yes.

Thanks!

Henrik