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- Date: Sun, 1 Jan 1995 02:09:58 +0100
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Subject: Metainformation about arbitrary Objects.. Hello! I am fairly a novice in the world of Web. I understand the HTTP is very general purpose and one could have Newsgroups, or mailing lists configured and accessed transparently through HTTP servers. I would like to know how and what kind of meta information that one could produce on arbitrary objects such as Newsgroups, Mailing lists, etc. A newsgroup can have information like name of the group, a number of articles posted, a newsgroup editor (if any) etc. Can one provide all such information in HTTP headers? What would a browser do with such information? Another related question is: if an application like mail is permitted then posting a message is probably fine; however, how is one supposed to read his/her messages? All operations on a mail box are to be suitably converted into hypertext source files, etc. Isn't this really bad? Are there any HTTP servers on the Internet with which such services are being offered? Thanks much in advance for all the feedback! /cvr /--------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | CVR Murthy | | Frontier Computers Pvt. Ltd., | | Pune - 411 004, India. | | Voice: +91-212-321536 | |---------------------------------|----------------------------------------+ | "Did I -?" | | "I told you, you could" Kenobi informed him with pleasure. | | "Once you start to trust your innerself, there'll be no stopping you" | | -- Star Wards, George Lucas. | \--------------------------------------------------------------------------/
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