The LEA E-Mail Object

Version: 1.0

• Introduction
• Communication File Formats
• Communication Attributes

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Introduction

The LEA E-Mail Object reads information from files used to store internet communications, and is implemented in the file DOCCOM.DLL.

E-Mail File Formats

E-Mails are usually transmitted accross the internet as some form of plain text. Internet communications are based on the standard specified in RFC 822. However, users may store emails as files in a variety of file formats. The file formats listed below can be recognised as e-mails:

• E-Mail (plain text) - RFC 822 specification, including MIME headers
• Newsgroup messages (plain text) - RFC 822 specification, including MIME headers
• E-Mail (rich text)
• E-Mail (Microsoft Word document)

E-Mail Attributes

The following attributes are read from e-mail files:

• From
• To
• cc
• Subject
• Date sent

Attributes are defined in the INI file EMLOBJ.INI.

See also
[ The Lynx Exploration Archive Object ]