[Info-vax] To MIME or not to MIME

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In article <pk2jlv$bhn$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?= <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
>On 8/3/2018 12:00 PM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>> On 2018-08-02 12:35:19 +0000, Simon Clubley said:
>>> On 2018-08-01, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>>> Well, yes, don't use VMS for mail.  Plenty of other platforms in use 
>>>> by  those who deal with mail.  VMS doesn't do so.  But in many cases 
>>>> this doesn't distract from the usefullness of VMS.
>>>
>>> I'm amused/sad that in 2018 we still need to have a detailed 
>>> discussion about how to read MIME messages on VMS.
>> 
>> Mail processing is a common part of operating servers these days, too.
>> 
>> Sending and variously receiving messages.
>> 
>> For both production and for operational uses.
>
>That is not my impression.
>
>20-30 years ago almost every server was running email.
>
>Today either email for the entire company is done exclusively
>via an internal Exchange server or alternatively via a cloud
>service.
>
>Of course everybody is using email, but email servers seem
>to have become very centralized and very specialized.

I have clients still doing mail on VMS.  Invoices are emailed from
VMS as either PDF or Excel spreadsheets in attachments -- both, of
which, are produced on VMS.  Of course, the VMS MIME utility is not
a part of any of that.  One of the clients services a LARGE segment
of the aerospace industry.  

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