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To: Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no, dcrocker@brandenburg.com
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From: "Roger Fajman" <RAF@CU.NIH.GOV>
Date:     Wed, 17 Jan 1996  01:17:08 EST
Subject:  Re:  Name of RFC822

> I've said before that I think we should call the whole DRUMS beast
> (SMTP + RFC 822 + MIME) Internet Mail.
>
> Therefore, it makes sense to call RFC822bis Internet Mail Headers.
> SMTP is Internet Mail Transport, but has its old name too.
> MIME is Internet Mail Body Formats, but has its old name too.
> RFC822bis is Internet Mail Headers, and may also be called IMH.
>
> (Dave, I think Internet Mail Header Options gives a more honest-looking
> acronym than Simple Headers for Internet Mail :-)
>
>                        Harald A

I like these names.  I've been trying to promote the use of the
term "Internet Mail" here in our organization.