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Every email message has a unique identifier called the Message-Id, but SMTP does not host messages with an HTTP URI. Serving public URIs for messages must be d
by begriffs 8y ago
Every email message has a unique identifier called the Message-Id, but SMTP does not host messages with an HTTP URI.
Serving public URIs for messages must be done by separate web servers like a webmail client, or a mail archiving tool such as Pipermail.
- JimDabell 8y ago> an HTTP URI Note that there's no requirement for something to be an HTTP URI specifically. Any URI will do.
- begriffs 8y agoGood point, there are URIs for other protocols (like FTP, Gopher etc).
- tekknik 8y agoYet still, without a webmail client (a client that specifically takes an offline protocol and puts it on the “web”) email would not have a URI. You an “link” to a mailbox, but not create a particular mail with a particular identifier then later retrieve it with that same URI. The URI identifies the users mailbox, NOT their mail.