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Subject: Re: MailList Specification Headers Proposal 0.0.9
From: james @ frutiger . staffs . ac . uk (James Berriman)
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 15:38:06 +0000
To: "ListMom-Talk Discussion List" <listmom-talk @ skyweyr . com>
Cc: list-managers @ GreatCircle . COM, net-thinkers @ rthumper . vmeng . com, mida-mail @ list . peter . com . au

At 21:57 15/02/97, Grant Neufeld wrote:
>Currently the square brackets [] seem to be the preference, although
>this is under discussion. Alternates under consideration include: {},
>**, ^^, ~~ .
>
>Optional variables (e.g., "subscribe maillist [username]") could be
>described using double delimiters. e.g.,
>        mailto:control@server.com?Body=subscribe%20maillist%20[[username]]
>would mean that including the username is optional, whereas
>        mailto:control@server.com?Body=subscribe%20maillist%20[username]
>would mean that including the username is required.

How does this fit in with the default delimiters used by the MIDAS proto/metasyntax proposal? Is there any potential conflict? (Where such URLs are to be included in web pages, for instance).

( :-])  James





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