>>>>> "EvS" == Emile van Sebille <emile at fenx.com> writes: EvS> Start with http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc821.txt Better make that RFC 2821! And note that RFC 2822 is also the latest revision of that seminal standard. http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2821.html http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2822.html -Barry